spcolorcombo12,stampsomething,tayloredexpressions80

this card enters 3 challenges...

(if i am still in time for the spcolorcombo...)

sp colorcombos wanted to see the colors...

only orange, melon mambo and bermuda bay...

stampsomething wanted to see animals on the card.

and taylored expressions provided the sketch.

i used today an other michael strong stamp.. the little lizard..

and an unknown text stamp..

i think this little lizard is so cute !!!

funny how things become cute.. just by smaller them !!!

i used the lizard... because of the colors...

they remind me of marocco.. where are a lot of lizards..

coming out in the evening.. in the gardens and in the houses..

the color of the ground in marocco has different shades of red... from orange till deep purple... and the color turquois is evrywhere..

because is the color of islam....

kaboodledoodles12,caardvarks

this card enters 2 challenges...

at last i used my little michael strong stamps !!

they were waiting a few weeks now on my hobbytable...

and i started with the flower....

i stamped it on pink, and white cardstock.

aren't they adoreble???

..added a few white punched out litle flowers and

some purple swirls...

i also used my makeme borderpunch

and sticked some punched out black and pink rubbish ...

i am very content how the card turned out !!!

and kaboodledoodles wanted to see black, white and purple... and there is..

caardvarks wanted to see black, white and hot pink... there is too !!!

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macabre monday2

this week i found out about this really crazy challenge...

at haunted design house... http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/

evry monday there is a challenge.. macabremonday...

and this week the challenge was...creepy christmas...

i was having soooooooo much fun chosing my stamps and combining them...

and this is what i choose..

is it not a very creepy christmas.. if you wake up at christmasday and you find THIS christmastree !!!!

this tree scares the **** out of evrybody i guess..

i hope you will have a nice green one !!!

stamps are by stampinback

rosiedee,cceechallenge

this card enters 2 challenges..

rosie-dee wanted to see a seacard...

cceechallenges wanted to see a card with "grandma overboard...

it was really fun to make this humorcard !!!

boats are a stamp by stempelmakers

dolphin is a stamp by allnightmedia

grandma is a stamp by i brake for stamps

2redbananas,colorchef,cctc75,paperplay32

this card enters 4 challenges...

2 red bananas wanted to see a card inspired by this picture of colorfull houses..

and it fitted perfectly into the colorchallenge of colorchef.. barn red, olive, vanillacream

cutecard thursday challenge75 wanted a card with a new beginning...

it is the beginning of a new schoolyear !!!!!

paperplay32 wanted a back to schoolcard...

houses, fence and bicycle ares stamps by avec, girls are a stamp by magnolia.. i mirrored the other one..

ebkcc,stampsimply,allsorts15

this card enters 3 challenges..

easy breezy kewl colourchallenges came up with the colors:

blue,olive,mustertyellow,darkblue

and i came up with this..

stamp simply wanted to see polkadots on the card..

happely i just found a piece of darkblue paper with dots !!

all sorts15 provided the sketch and wanted to see torned edges..

stamp of boyfairy on toad is a stamp by stampinback

sftw12,ess,stampsomething

this card enters 3 challenges..

stampin'for the weekend 12 had a colorchallenge..

pink and grey...

and this is what i did with it..

eat, sleep,stamp provided the sketch..

i just turned it and used the long side..

stamp something wanted to see a birthdaycard...

the bubblebabyfairy and bubbles and roses..

are stamps by stampinback.

text is by cutecompagnion

i used the scallopborderpunch of fiskars,

and sticked the punched out little cirkles back on the card..

charismacardz,cct74,spccff,hhei50,pio12

this card enters 5 challenges...

charismacardz delivered the colors :

green, lemon and pink

cutecardthursday 74 wanted a card with the theme "lazy days".

in my garden bloom this hortencia's in the middle of summer.. butterflies were flying on and off.. and i.. iwas sitting very lazy in my gardenchair.. and watched it all...

sp colorcombos finallyfriday wanted a card with a nice edge.... i did my best to make a very lacy edge with my borderpunch...

and hearthugs etsy inspired wanted a card inspired by the shop of mrs.kwitty's cottage...

she sells very lovely homemade things.. cotagestyle...

i choosed this perfumed and very romantic sachet to freshing up your draw or cupboard..

it is blue and i used pink.. but both are hortencia's....

finally this card enters pile it on 12.. they wanted to see 3 things...

i used 3 pink hortensia's (and 1 blue) and 3 little peaces of green scrappaper and 3 little pieces of pink scrappaper..

hortensiastamp is by stempelmakers/sirius

text and butterflies are by cutecompagnion

dd24,colorchef18

this card enters 2 challenges...

doubledutch wanted to see a card with the true(???) colors:

pink,brown and cream

roze, bruin en cream...

mijn roze is een beetje lilaachtig..maar ik hoop dattie toch geldt...

my pink is a little lilacish... but i hope it still counts as pink..

colorchef 18 wanted to see the colors:

green,purple,brown and cream...

the purple is in the scrappaper in the middle and in the cherry on top of the rightcupcake..

cupcakes are stamps by cutecompagnion

ducky is a stamp by stampingback

tcp72,colorthrowdown56,occc

this card enters 3 challenges..

tcp 72 wanted to see a card about the coming new schooldays !!!

i give an impression of a little school in mousetown..

there are not so many children so there is only 1 class.. for all ages.. the oldest is doing math... the other one is enjoying reading... and the littlest one..

is practicing the alphabet and his coordination..

ahahahhaha but ofcourse.. you did see that your self too !!!

colortrowdown 56 wanted to see the colors:

dusty durango,bermuda bay, softsuede...

our creative corner wanted to see a card with the new su colors.. and i choosed this three...

stamps are all by cutecompagnion...

asfos65,3clovers27,spcolourcombo11

this card enters 3 challenges...

a spoonfull of sugar wanted to see a card about travelling...

i added some other words to it.. and some examples where you can travel with..

3cloversthursdaychallenge wanted to see a card with trains,plains and automobiles... at least one of them on the card..

i did all 3...

sp colorcombo 11 wanted to see a card with the colors:

green galore, soft suede and whisperwhite...

all stamps are by royal langnickel clearchoise

tscsc,cceestampers,fttc29

this card enters 3 challenges...

the secretcrafter saterday challenge wanted to see fancy corners...

i arounded my card with a selfmade paperlace and crowned it in the corners with a silver flower....

i thougt it looks very fancy !!!!

cceestampers wanted to see a moon above...

this very beautifull and sexy lady is undressing in the light of the silveryellow moon... 2 bats ...or are they late birds??.. are flying in the moonlight too..

look how her olivegreen silk kimono almost looks white with the shimmer of the moonrays..

flourishes wanted to see a card with the colors:

red, olive,black and a neutral

the red and the black are the card and the borderedges..

the gawn is olivegreen.. and the moon and her skin are neutral..

i am ashamed to say, that i forgot the brand of the stamp..

how could i... this stamp is soooooo beautifull...

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cccc53,pollycraft22,pileiton

this card enters 3 challenges..

cupcakecraftchallenge 53 wanted a card with something sweet on it.. cupcakes were prefered..because of their first birthday... happy birthday cupcakecraft !!!!!

pollycraftchallenge 22 wanted to see favourite things...

i have a sweet tooth.. so cupcakes are sooo yummy and my favourites !!!

pile it one... wanted a card for a boy or a man..

this little mouse is blowing the candle.. so i think it is his 1th birthday....

i used the stamps of cutecompagnion..

except for the monkey.. thats a whiff of joy stamp

colorcreate25,cctc73,rosiedee,tpe28

this card enters 3 challenges...

colorcreate wanted to see a card with the colors:

blue...sand....silver.....black with the option ..summer...

all colors are in the card.. and summer too !!!

cutecardthursday wanted to see a beachcard...

it is not quiet yet the beach...you cannot see the sea yet.... but you can smell it and hear the seagulls..

the girl is walking in the dunes...

rosie & dee wanted to see sun in the creation...

i think this is a very sunny card !!! it is a scenery of a sunny summerday !!

and the pink elephant 28 wanted to see too a card with the theme summer...

i got the stampimage of the girl from a friend... and the text is an unknown um..

like the flying seagulls..

and the rest are stamps from a great sheet of scenerystamps of creative expressions...

all together i used 15 stamps in this card..

hheic49,allsorts

hearthugs etsy inspired challenge 49 wanted a card inspired by the work of melissakate...

beautifull things she make !!!

i choosed the yellow and pink poppys..

and this is my intrepetation of it !!!

and all sorts wanted to see a card... with the theme.. in a english countrygarden...

i can imagine poppys in english countrygardens !!!

they are sooo english !!!

i made the image of the poppys with 2 stamps.. a unknown um with cloverflowers.. i colored them yellow...

and a stamp with a poppy by stampinback.. wich i maskered and stamped 3 times... then i maskered all poppys and stamped the clovers !!!

dutchdare58,ourcreativecorner

this card enters 3 challenges...

on hobbyjournaal.nl the challenge uitgedaagd-jij-ook ???13

they provided the sketch...

and dutchdare 58 and our creative corner wanted this week to see a christmascard...

stamp is by stampinback

swirl is punched with a eksuccespunch

craftycreations,ess48,stampin4theweekend

this card enters 3 challenges..

crafty creations wanted a yellow card...

eat, stamp, sleep 48 gave the sketch.. it was for a square card.. i stretched it this format...

stampin'for the weekend ' theme was "days gone by"...

well josephine baker's days are long gone by..

she was a superstar in paris france from about 1925 till 1950.....

the stamp of josephine is by stampinback...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmw5eGh888Y&feature=related

colorthrowdown55,stampsomething

this card enters 2 challenges...

colorthrowdown 55 wanted a card with the colors:

black/white, melonmambo,kraft, crushed curry..

i wondered a little what color kraft was... i decided it must be something grey/brownish...

and i inmediately thought of the little cabins made out of dried leaves and straw..i saw in west africa..

so the color kraft was there... yellow is the gawn the musician is wearing over a white tshirt...

and i made some decoration in black and melonmambo...

stampsomething wanted a summervacationcard...

i made a few years ago almost evry year a trip to north and west africa..

because my late husband was from west africa..

so this nigerian musician reminds me of my vacations in west africa...

cceestampers,tpe27,

this card enters 2 challenges...

cceestampers wanted to see trees and flowers on the card..

i used my treepunch and punched out several shades of brown trees...

then i stamped on the lower part of the card a border of wild flowers in silhouette..

the pink elephant 27 wanted to see these colors on the card: brown, turqoise and neutral....

i pictured in my head a forest with at the border of the forest a lot of flowers in the shadow...and i think this card is exactly what i had in mind !!!

trees i made with a ek succes punch

and the wild flowers are a silhouettestamp by stampinback

the middle paper is sooo beautifull.. it has velvet flocked stuff on the brown parts...

cccc52,kaboodledoodles,paperplay30

this card enters 3 challenges..

cupcake craftchallenges 52 provided the sketch

and wanted to see the colors: neutral, dark brown, light brown and light blue.....

kaboodle doodles wanted a window on the card...

i tried to make an illusion of a shoestorewindow..

so unfortunately you donot see the tiny lettres "new shoes"

on the top 2 windows of the window.. in real you can see them good !!

paperplay wanted to see shoes on the card...

behind the window i stamped a pair of brown shoes and some blue shoes.. you see one shoe.. but there are 2 !!

but the blue is not showing ... another scannersfault...

window is a stamp by mariette verhees,

lettres and shoes are unknown.. it is a little plastic set of stamps..

ccccact2,eic48,flutterbywednesday70

this card enters 3 challenges..

curtain call color challenge act 2

wanted to see a card with the colors:

burgundi,moss,safron,white.....

all 4 of them are in the card...

etsy inspired challenge 48 wanted to see a card inspired by the work of jessica rose.

i saw her paintings of the fluffy dandylions and i was inspired to this card..

flutterby wednesday wanted to see a butterfly or fairy...

the stamp of the fairy is by stampinback, the text is a um i bought 2ehands..

i used my very new make me borderpunch at the bottom.. it punches and emboss !!!

allsortsvintage,tcptues71

this card enters 2 challenges....

all sorts wanted to see this week a vintagecard...

i am not so into vintage.. but i gave it a try ..

i think it became a nice card for a man..

the pajamas chellenge tuesday provided the sketch..

stamp of little orcestra is by stampinback,

text is a stempel by de stempelwinkel

(soooo difficult to stamp straight direct to the paper...)

flourishesroyaltychallenge,abcchallengeA

flourishes has a royalty challenge...

....make a card fit for a queen...

i thought.. wat fits better than a king???

so here is my mighty king !!!!!!

abcchallenge A was anything goes.. with a option animals.. well.. here is a card.. with the king of animals!!!

stamps crown and lion are stamps by stampinback

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stampinbs18, pile it on

this card enters 2 challenges...

stampin'b's wanted a simpathycard for a man..

i inmediately thought of this stamp..

i always thought of it as a sad stamp..

and trees are strong .. so they are manly..

but even strong trees die...

pile it on wanted to see a card without patternpaper..

i only used white cardstock..

the cream is a background.. otherwise you couldn't see the white card..

i donot know the brand of this stamp.. it is an unknown um..

text is a part of a stamp by stampinback

cct72,cardpatterns27

this card enters 2 challenges..

cutecardthursday wanted to see teal and red on the card...

and i interpreteted the sketch from cardpatterns 27

on my own way...

mouse is a stamp by cutecompagnion

text is unknown um..

spccfinallyfriday,stampsimply99

this card enters 2 challenges

spcolorcombosfinallyfriday wanted a 1 colorcard...

i cheated a little.. a toke 2 shades of red..

stampsimply wanted a card for a friend.. including the word friend..

flowers and text are stamps by stampinback

i used a fiskarsborderpunc and added the cut parts..

colorthrowdown54,eatsleepstamp47

this evening i was wondering what i should do with the colorchallenge of colorthrowdown...

the colors were..

basic grey

blush blossom

pumpkin pie

really rust

i added a few things with that colors together..

and than i thougt.. the rust.. looked like the finest leather of deer....

i had a stamp.. unknown mark... a native indian woman in the water...

as i was coloring the stamp.. and making this card.. the lady looked so familiar... she reminded me of my beautifull oldest daughter....

same black hair... same peachcolored skin...same frigile figure...

my beatifull baby.. who is fighting against the terrible dissease cancer.... and still is winning..

my daughter.. this card is for you...i love you so much...

i added some fotoos and a painting in northafrican clothing.. ( she has a father from north africa...)

on the pictures you see her in spain and with her husband...

... almost forgot to tell that the card is my version of the sketch of eat, sleep and stamp 47 !!!!!

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caardvarks,bellichallenge,charismacardz31

this card enters 3 challenges...

caardvarks (this is by the way a strange name in dutch.. it means pigs of cards...)

wanted to see snowmen on the card.. i have 2 !!!

bellichallenge wanted to see some wood on the card..

the little snowman is a wooden sticker.

charismacardz provided the great sketch !!!

the big snowman is a stamp by cutecompagnion,

swirls made by a eksuccespunch

a fiskarborderpunch was used on the darkbluepaper

a sticked a row of paillets/spacers above the border..

they are all the same.. but they are very shiny..

so the scanner doesnot know what color to give..

a piece of dotted blue ribbon..

and 2 snowflakebrads to complete it !!!

cceestampers,tpe26,llpc027,colordare28

this card enters 4 challenges..

cceestampers wanted to see birds and bees on the card... ( here in holland the saying is bees and flowers..)

the pink elephant26 wanted 3 brads,1 flower and scrappaper..

i used 3 brads (2 owlbrads and 1 in the center of the flower) i punched a flower, and used 3 different sorts of scrappaper..

limelightpapercrafts27 provided the sketch..

and finally colordare wanted to see the following colors:

melonmambo

summersun

night of navy

those colors are all in this card....

the cute bee is a stamp by stampinback...

colorchef 17

colorchef 17 wanted a card with some nice but difficult colors !

grapevineberry, cocoa and colonial white...

i thougt they were very masculine colors...

so i created this card...

the card itself is grapevineberrycolored..

the paper on it is not quit white..

the circles are stamped grapevineberry and cocoa...

the man is stamped with cocoa..

i didnot have matching flowers.. so i made offwhite flowers a little matching with my ink...

and added a brown ribbon..

after scanning.. i thougt that it looked like the man won a price..

the flowers looked like a roset .. that you can win in a concours.. maybe he had the cutest butt??

pb60,cccc51,abcchallengeZ,3ctc25,paperplay29

this card enters 5 challenges...

pennyblack60 wanted a card with the theme summer...

well.. nothing so summer as a day at the beach !!!!

cupcakecraftchallenge51 wanted a beachtheme !!!

lucky me !!! i love to do scenery !!!

abcchallengeZ wanted a card with only cardstock and stamps..

there are NO embellishments or scrappaper on this card..only 2 colors cardstock and stamps !!!

3cloversthursdaychallenge25 wanted a supersummercard...

is this family not having a supersummer on this card ????

paperplaychallenge wanted to see animals on the card...

i count 5 happy animals!!

miss piggy is a stamp by penny black..

all others are stamps by cutecompagnion..

i had so much fun making this card !!!

i imagined i was on that beach too !!!

and i stamped directly on the card, did paperpiecing and 3dimensions !!!

spccfinallyfriday,sfos63

this card enters 2 challenges..

the colors are inspired by a picture on the blog of sp colorcombos finally friday.. a pink cauch with a light blue pillow and white flowers on the brownish table in front...

and spoon full of sugar wanted to see a floral card...

spcolorcombo,pollycraft21,jojochallenge62

this card enters 2 challenges on blogspot and 1 at hobbyjournaal.nl

spcolorcombo wanted to see these colors:

i used pink buttons... but ofcourse the scanner doesnot show them pink...

pollycraft monday 21 challenge was to see buttons and bows on the card...

i have 2 buttons and 1 bow...

jojochallenge62 on hobbyjournaal.nl provided the sketch..

the fairystamp is a stamp by stampinback

useit21,2redbananas,,cardpatterns26,pio

this card enters 4 challenges..

use it 21 wanted :

1)the colors of the shown picture of blue and white bedcovers and white and yellow with a bit of black coussins..

2) an old tool.. i did the cutting with my very old scissors.. the first i bought.. i bought many pairs of scissors after.. with i still use this one..i never found a better one!!!

3)alphabet stickers... well.. i donot have stickers.. no alphabet no others.. i donot like stickers.. i think they are very ugly !! sorry if i offend someone..

but i did something with the capital lettres.. i stamped them again with blue ink and layered them ontop of the black ones..i hope this counts too !! ( the blue doesnot show so good.. thats a scannersfault..you can see the blue on the lettres and flowers very good !)

2 red bananas wanted a sentiment in leading role of the card...

i dont have a catchy text.. but it is a sentiment !!!

cardpatterns 26 provided the sketch...

and pile it on wanted to see at least 3 flowers.. and several challenges..

i have many stamped flowers and 3 other challenges..

the text is a stamp by cutecompagnion

the flower i stamped a lot is a stamp by kars.

the swirls i made with a ek succes punch

and the black lacyborder i made with a fiskars borderpunch

highhopesgold, fttc27

deze kaart heb ik met dezelfde schets gemaakt als de vorige.. gewoon voor de lol.. om alvast wat kerstkaarten te hebben gemaakt..

alle stempels op deze kaart zijn van cutecompagnion... de bomen en het huisje op de achtergrond.. zijn van mezelf !!!

en toevallig blijkttie in de challenge van high hopes te passen !!! die wilde iets gouds op de kaart.. en ik heb 4 gouden brads en een gouden spacer..

en flourishes timeless tuesdaychallenge wilde metaal zien op de kart.. nou de brads and de spacer zijn van metaal !!!

this card enters the highhopeschallenge of this week.

they wanted to see gold on the card... i added 4 golden brads and a golden spacer to this card...

and flourishes timeless tuesdaychallenge wanted to see hardware.. metal.. on the card..

that applies for the brads and spacer..

stampinbees17,allsorts,uitgedaagdjijook12

this card enters 3 challenges..

stampin'bees17 wanted a square babycard without the pink and the blue...

well.. this is a squarecard.. if it is folded..

and there is no pink or blue on it..

never made them in other colors.. so i was a bit puzzled..

i thought i would make a totally different entry..

and choosed some very bright and happy colors..

and..... i love this very happy and colorfull babycard..

i think i will make them more like this !!!!

allsorts wanted to see only 3 flowers, 2 scrappapers and 1 ribbon on the card...

and you can count... i did not use less or more !!!

and finally i entered a challenge on another site.. hobbyjournaal.nl..

there are some challenges.. one is called:

uitgedaagd.. jij ook ??? (challenged... you too??)

and they provided the sketch...

the cute stamp of the little giraf in the egg is a stamp by stampinback

the lettres and the i-donot-know-how-it-is-called-in-english in dutch is is called "fopspeen"

are stamps by stempelmakers.

bellichallenge,flutterbywednesday68,colordare,

this card enters 3 challenges...

belli challenge wanted to see metal on the card...

i used metal flowers....

flutterbywednesday68 wanted to see a fairy and NO scrappaper..

well, i only used cardstock...

this is my second entry of the challenge of this week!!!...

colordare wanted a card with the colors:

eggplant,pink,gray and chocolatechip.....

well the card is pink...

the flowers and fairy are chocolatebrown and aubergine..

and i layerd evrything on a piece of grey cardstock.

a brown and aubergine ribbon... some swirls in the recuired colors and some metal flowers..