A new sketch on Just Christmas and Birthday Cards

This week we have a beautifull sketch from Tanja on the JCBC. All of you are very glad christmas is over and you don't have to think about getting stressed about last minute christmascards, but I'm planning ahead and finished my first christmas card of this year.

I used some gorgeous papers from Making Memories. They aren't really christmas papers but with all the blue and red in it I think they look perfect on a christmas card.

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Color Core, DP - Making Memories

Stamps: Magnolia, Sentiment - Studio G

Technique: Aquapencils and waterpencil, cuttlebug and folders, Crealies cutting die

Thanks for stopping by,

xoxo Karin

AHOY

Today we are going to have a family meeting at one of our local pubs/restaurants.

The four of us and my mum, dad, sister, her hubby and her 2 girls have this kind of familymeetings a few times a year.

Today we are going to a restaurant where the have an ice-skating lane next to it. Today is the last day of skating there so we will let the girls skate for some time and afterwards we wil go to the restaurant and have some drinks and snacks. They have a small kids playground so the girls can enjoy themselfs overthere.

I have just a little time to show you a card I made for 2 challenges.

Over at Mojo Mondays they have a great easy sketch for us to follow. And over at Cute Card Thursday they want us to use something new we received for christmas.

As soon as i saw the sketch i wanted to use the cute Marine images from Hangler and I knew I had some leftovers from Cosmo Crickets -Dutch Girl-. The nesties set was a gift from Ron and the girls for christmas.

Hope you all are having a nice Sunday too and I will be back tomorrow with my DT-card for the Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Challenge

xoxo Karin

2 beautifull awards

The last couple of days I received 2 beautifull awards.

The first award I received from 2 of my fellow DT-Members of the Just Christmas and Birthday Cards Blog, Gry-Heidi and Kristin.

I also received this award from Agnes, thank you so much!!

Thank you so much sweeties, it's so sweet of you to pass this beautifull award to me.

The second award was given to me by Cheryl. Thank you so much for this fabulous award, you've made my day with it.

For this award
I'm supposed to tell you 5 things I love or 5 things I'm addicted to.

Well here it goes

1. I love my family and close friends.

2. I'm addicted to my computer and to crafting.

3. I'm addicted to coca-cola and drop (Dutch sweets)

4. I love my new purple!!! boots.

5. I love to spend time with the girls doing thing that make them happy, even when it means my hands and feet are greeting frozen.

Now I would like to pass those award on to:

Nikki - Zoe - Kelly - Debby - Jill - Mada

Well ladies with all the awards that are being passed on right now, I think you all know what the rules are for those awards.

Have a great day,

xoxo Karin

Dutch Dare Challenge #30: Triangles

After a short break we are back with a new challenge on the Dutch Dare.

This week we would like you to use at least 3 triangles on your card.

For one lucky lady there's a real cute stamp from Lelo-designs.

I made a birthday card for a little child. I used lots of happy coloured papers, buttons and great stamps from High Hopes.

Sorry for the very short post today, but I spend almost the whole morning at garage.
I couldn't clean the windows of my car anymore, and with this type of weather it's really dangerous driving around without this working, so I really had to go this morning.
Took me almost 2 hours of waiting but it's working again.
Have to pick up the girls in less then an hour and I have to do a milllion things before I go.

Have a great day,
xoxo Karin

Pink Cat Studio - Lily the Fairy Contest

The Pink Cat Studio is having a fun contest over at their blog.

For this contest they ask us to make a card using a gorgeous image of Lily the Fairy, which you can print in dpf-format for free.

One lucky lady can pick a stamppset of their choice and also will receive the Lilly & Billy sweethearts and Kiki Kitty stamps that will be released on Jan 15th.

You can enter this contest untill Jan. 13th.

Here's the card I 've created for this contest.

Thanks for stopping by,

xoxo Karin

Nikki's sketch on A spoon Full Of Sugar

It's so very dark overhere, I have go outside to be able to good photo's. 3 minutes outside with

-5 C is no fun when you don't have your coat on. Last night we've reached - 15 C. That didn't happen for about 12 years. And at the news they are telling us it will keep below 0C the whole week (at night -10 C _ -15 C).

I'm not a Winter person, but the girls love the snow and ice-skating.

I'd rather stay inside a spend my time on crafting.

This week there's a fabulous sketch from Nikki on A spoon Full of Sugar.

Great for making quick cards.

Card Details
Papers: Cardstock - Color Core, DP - Stacy Claire Boyd.
Stamps: Sweet Ebony, sentiment - ???
Technique: Pro-Markers, Nestabilities
Embellishments: Flowers - Prima, Button and leaf wire from stash.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day,
xoxo Karin

A new sketch on the JCBC blog

All our christmas stuff is back on the attic (wow, do we have a big livingroom again), hubby is at work and the girls are back in school. Finally everything is back to normal.

Don't get me wrong, I love all the festivities in December, but it seemd there wasn't one quiet moment during that whole month. Just running around getting everything organized for Sinterklaas, several birthdays, christmas, new year and taking care of each other when we where sick. And because I didn't wanted to skip any challenge on the blogs I'm a DT-Member for I had to find some time to make my cards.

I was so glad we decided to skip a week on the Dutch Dare and the Christmas and Birthday cards blog, it gve me a bit space to get roganized again.

But now everything is back to naormal we have a great new sketch (made by Linda) for you on the JCBC-blog.

Here's what I came up with

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, DP - Heidi Grace

Stamp: Magnolia

Technique: Pro-markers

Embellishments: Self Adhesive Border - Kars, Printed Icons Accents - Heidi Grace,

Ribbon from stash

Hope you all have a great day,

xoxo Karin

I received a great new Award

I received this gorgeous new award from from two of my great bloggingfriends, Nixe-Moni and Tanja.

Thank you ladies I'm very happy with this award.

The rules for this award are:

- Put the award on your blog

- Link the person you received your award from

-You can give the award to how many as you want

- Put links of those blogs on yours

-Leave a message on the blogs you have nominated

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I would like to pass this award to:

All my friends at Paper Craft Planet.

I love all your blogs and beautifull creations and I'm very thankfull for aal the sweet comments you leave on my blog and personal page on the planet.

(Am I very lazy for doing it this way. just have to send 1 message to let everybody know there's a award waiting for them??)

And for all you ladies that haven't signed in yet, get your ... over there and sign in, it's areal addictive place full of fun, chatting, great cards and groups.

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Have a nice Sunday,

xoxo Karin

My first challenge card for this year

One of my resolutions for this year is to participate more often in challenges.

I always write the challenges down on small pieces of paper and they always are disappearing into thin air. That's why I made a group on the Paper Craft Planet.

It's called: All the challenges you can think of in one group, And I hope that with your help it will be a very long list with all the challenges that are being posted.

For me it would be so much easier having all the challenges on one page.

So join me in this group and help me make this a very long list. I have some candy involving this group.

Now for my first challenge card of this year.

At the http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/sweetebonysugarnellieover at Paper Craft Planet there's a nice challenge posted.

The Theme is: Use Lime and Black as main colours of your card.

And here's what I came up with.

Card Details:

Papers: Downloads from Summertime Designs

Stamp: Sweet Ebony

Technique: Pro-Markers, Border punch from Martha Stewart, Nestabilities

Embellishments: Flowers - Petaloo, Brad-Dovecraft, and the rest is from my stash

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Hugs,

xoxo Karin

Happy New Year

Graphics for Happy New Year Comments

I want to wish everyone lots of love, smiles and happiness for 2009.

xoxo Karin

Dutch Dare #29: a sketch

I hope you all had a wonderfull christmas and lots and lots of presents.

On christmas eve we went to my parents house and together with my sister, her hubby and 2 daughters we had our family christmas.

Poor Ron got really sick that night and spend most of the day feeling very very poorly. But he had to hang in there because I had to work.

Yesterday we went to Ron's parents and had a great time with lots of small presents and a delicious dinner.

With only new year on the agenda, things almost will turn to normal.

I hope to be a better blogger next year, because the last few weeks I didn't had the time to stop by all the blogs I love to read and watch.

I'm also 2 days late with my card for the Dutch Dare Challenge.

But, better late than never.

This week we have a sketch for you to follow, and this challenge stays open for 2 weeks. We all are taking a little break and our next challenge will be posted on January 8 2009.

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, DP - DCWV

Stamp: Bella stamps

Technique: Pro-Markers

Embellishments: Sentiment sticker - Studio Basics 101, Flowers were a gift from Donna.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend,

xoxo Karin

Merry Christmas

Myspace Chistmas Graphics

All the gorgeous Christmascards I received

Thank you all my sweet friends for sending me all those gorgeous christmas cards.
I made a slideshow with all of them, for everyone to admire.

Sketch # 12 at JCBC

Remember I told you about the christmas dinner at my girls school last Thursday?

I told you about the many different types of food and getting sick... quess who got sick that night.... Britt.

The poor little girl couldn't stop throwing up. I ended up sleeping in her bed, helping her when she had to throw up.

But I doubt if it was the christmas dinner that made her sick, because Sundaymorning it was me who had to run to the bathroom several times and Sunday night Ruby decided it was a great time to get rid of her pizza.

So we are one happy sick family walking around in our PJ's for 2 days now.

That's why I'm late with my post for the christmas and birthday cards challenge.

This weeks sketch is from Rheannon and it's a great one to work with.

Because I didn't feel well the last couple of days I only managed to make one card.

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, DP - Basic Grey

Stamp: Magnolia - Pink Ribbon Collection

Technique: Pro-Markers, Martha Stewart Punch, Cuttlebug

Embellishments: Flower - Prima, red hearts - gift from Linda, ribbon and button from stash.

Thanks for stoping by,

xoxo Karin

Dutch Dare Challenge 328: Use a Charm

With one week before christmas I'm not stressed.

OK, all christmas cards are gone, decorations are finished, there's food for a complete army, but when it comes to buying the presents it's a disaster.

Wanted to do all the christmasshopping this morning, but it turned out a little different. There wasn't a parkingspot near the shops (I think everybody is doing their christmasshopping today). Had to drive circles for 30 minutes before someone finally left. It wasn't really close, but it is better than parking the car at home and go on my bike (don't have to much storing space on my bike).

Then I went from shop to shop ending up with only a third of all the things I wanted to buy. So much for speed shopping. Have to go into the city tomorrowmorning, because I don't want to take the girls with me.

When they come along we always end up at the toystore and with their pretty smiles and compliments about how sweet mum is they always walk out with something new. And when they have their new toys they think shopping is over and want to go home.

So tomorrow the second (and hopefully last) round of speed shopping.

Enough about Christmas, presents and all the stress that goes with it, and on to this weeks challenge on the Dutch Dare.

This week we want you to use a Charm somewhere on your card.

I made a little Christmas gift box, which is on it's way to a very sweet little girl in England.

I'm of to prepare some chickenwings for Ruby and Britt's Christmas dinner at school tonight. they've asked the parents to prepare all kind of yummie things for this dinner. I did read the list of everything that is going to be served tonight, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed the girls won't get sick tonight.

There's so much and there are some combinations that make me sick just reading about it (meatballs - chickenwings - whipped cream - icecream, peanutbutter etc).

I hope they will have lots of fun and when they are finished with their dinner we are all going to sing a lot of christmas songs outside the school.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

xoxo Karin

Sketch #11 on the JCBC blog

Today it's Gry-Heidi's turn on the Just Christmas and Brithday Cards Challenge Blog.

She's made a great sketch for everyone to follow.

With all the preparations for christmas, the usuall daily things and working I managed to make both cards.

I still have to make 5 Christmas cards and I want to have them finished by tomorrow so I'm going to keep it short.

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, DP - SEI

Stamp: CC-design, Sentiment ???

Technique: aquapencils and waterpen

Embellishments: all from stahs

Card Details

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, DP- DCWV

Stamp: Downloads from: Fred, she said digital design store

Technique: Pro-Markers

Embellishments: all from stash

Have a great day, without to much x-mas stress.

xoxo Karin

Candle Gift Set

With only 1 1/2 week before christmas I still haven't finished all my christmas cards.

Time is really running out and because I don't want to be completely stressed out by the time it's christmas I bought a some standard christmas cards.

I made a selection of who gets a handmade card and who get's the standard one.

And because there's one less stresspoint I had the time to make a gorgeous
Candle Gift Set.

This one is a Christmas set, but they would be a nice present for someone's birhtday too.

I'm entering this little giftbox for the High Hopes Challenge.

This weeks theme is Flower Power. It isn't a card, but it has a High hopes stamp and flowers on it, so I think it suits this challenge.

Card Details

Papers: Cardstcok - Color Coe, DP - October Afternoon

Stamp: High Hopes

Technique: Pro Markers, Stickles

Embellishemnsts: stickers october Afternoon, Flowers - Prima, rest is from stash

Have a great weekend,

xoxo Karin

Dutch Dare Challenge # 27: Food and Drinks

It's Thursday again and that means another challenge on the Dutch Dare blog.

This weeks theme is:

Food and Drinks

because I'm still very busy with my christmascards (I'm running out of time!!!!),

I made a christmas card using one of the cutest christmas images from Hangler.

A very short post today, have to supervise the kids from Britt her group while they are playing outside in 20 minutes.

25 kids running, screaming and doing everything they shouldn't do, HELP!!!

Well I'm getting reading for the battlefield.

Thanks for stopping by,

xoxo Karin

Extra challenge #2 On just x-mas and b-day cards chalenge

There's another extra challenge on the Just x-mas and B-day cards Challenge blog.

This time we ask of you to make a card using only one colour

There's a great stamp for one lucky lady who enters this week extra challenge.

Harry & Snowman from Spiral Whispers

You can enter this extra challenge untill Tuesday Dec. 16th.

We are looking forward in seeing your beautifull cards.

Have a great day,

xoxo Karin

Magnolia vs Stampavie challenge

This weeks challenge on Magnolia vs Stampavie is to make gifttags.

We started decorating our christmas tree on Nomday, and on the bottom of the decorations boxes I found a few gorgeous angelwings ( we have so much decorating stuff I can't even remember when I used them the last time. Must have been a few years because I can't remember buying them (lol)).

I thought they would look very pretty on a few Magnolia's. But the stamps are to small for those pretty wings. But not giving up on this idea I blew them up on my xerox machine and now they have the perfect size.

On the back I've attached a label where you can write down a name.

And they serve another purpose: you can use them as hangers on your chritsmas tree after you've unwrapped your gift.

Funny how many christmas decoration items can be used for crafting.

Try to challenge yourself in making something with a christmas decoration ornament.

If you do so please leave me a comment on this post, I would love to see what you've created.

Thanks for stopping by,

xoxo Karin