celebrateeeeee!!!!

i made another african card.. 

big stamp is again from stampfrancisco..so is the little bold maraboustamp i used on the background..

just tracy's craft challenge of octobre is.. anything goes

http://justtracyscraftschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumnal-october.html

abc challenge is also.. anything goes

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/

pile it on challenge 40 is.. do it for fun..

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/

creative belli challenge 127 is.. paperpiecing..

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/

crafty creations challenge 137 is.. clean and simple..

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

little red wagon challenge 100 is ..postage..

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/

less is more challenge is.. the color of your eyes..

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-35.html

lovely smelling aloe vera soaps...

i am making little presents for birthdays.. visits.. just passing by..etc.. i bought a lot of different soaps.. these are aloe vera soaps.. and i wrapped them in a beautifull winered tissuepaper.. made on a little vintage coloured cardstock a flowerstamp by heroarts..

colored it with grey, winered and a little pink..

and it seems it suits very well in the new colorpalet of the playdate cafe challenge 101

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc101.html

die kreatieven freunden challenge still is.. anything but NOT a card..

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/

well.. this is definately NOT a card...

this is a bar of soap!!!

lollipop crafts challenge 50 is anything goes..

http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/

so my soapbars enter too..

so is the 39e challenge of  crafts 4 eternity this week.. anythings goes

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/

the magical monday challenge is..

to use a diecut or punch..

http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/

i used a nestability..

simple and crochet..

yesterday i made this card.. i liked the crochet blanket from the pink elephant that much.. i HAD to crochet myself with those colors..

well it didnot beciome a blanket.. but 3 flowers...and i made a card with it..

i used a piece of cellophane wrapped around a bouquet of flowers i got.. with white words on it.."lovely"

and i made the swirls with a diecut by quickutz the stamp is by hampton stamps..

so here is the inspiration again..tpe 117...

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/pink-elephant-tpe117.html

and as it is a simple card.. it enters the challenge of less is more.. anything cas goes!

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/09/week-33-1000-challenge-anything-cas.html

and as i had a certain person in mind.. when i made it.. it enters the paper cupcake challenge someone special too..

http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/2011/09/magical-monday-someone-special.html

freshly brewed challenge 65 is.. keep it simple..

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/09/fbc-65.html

and i did...

going grey challenge  GGSC82 is.. anythings goes.. 

http://www.scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/

the paper shelter challenge 32 is.. anything goes..

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/

truly scrumptious challenge 66 is.. clean and simple..

http://www.trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/

tpe117,cupcakechallenge,ssc33,kreatievenfreunde34,jellyparkfriends,

i made this for the birthday of a friend.. we decided to give eachother only little presents.. so i altered for her this tin.. and put some coffepads with special flavor in it..

i used a stamp by holly pondhill and the flowers i created with  eksucces punches..the leaves i made with a die by marianne design.. i loveeeeeeeeeeee those open almost filligrain leaves.. and i used nestabilities to make the frames.. the word koffie.. dutch for coffee.. i made with an cuttlebug alphabet 

i was inspired by the foto on the pink elephant challenge 117..
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/pink-elephant-tpe117.html

only i added a little blue to it too..

there is magic in the air.. paper cupcake challenge is..some one special

http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/2011/09/magical-monday-someone-special.html

i made this especially for my friend.. because she is special to me..

sweet stamps challenge 33 is.. anything but a card..

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/sweet-stamps-challenge-33-anything-but.html

die kreatieve freunde challenge 34 ist..

alles geht.. nur keine karte..

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/

jellypark freinds challenge is.. pass it on

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/

and i did.. i gave this to my friend as a present..

spcc118,cards4man19,crazychallenge85,cccb75.oldiebutgoodie27,tryitontuesday,

another gambian card..

i made this one with the colors of spcolorcombo 118

http://spcolorcombos.thescrapmaster.com/2011/09/sp-color-combo-118.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_ca

cards for man challenge 19 is.. anuthing but square..

well ..it is a rectangle..

the crazy challenge 85 is... men only..

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/

city crafters challenge blog 85 has a musical challenge..the project has to have somthing to do with music..

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/2011/09/city-crafter-challenge-blog-week-75.html

i have a gambia musician on it..

oldie but goodie challenge 27 is.. one for the boys..

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/

the stamps is at least 6 months old.. i bought it 2e hands.. last year..

and it is a stamp by stampfrancisco

try it on tuesday challenge is.. . wonderfull world..

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/

and it is... i love to see the world.. and amaze me about the different cultures..

ess147,fllc911b, kreatievenstempelfreunden33,stampsRus,

another card for gambia..

i made this card with a stamp by stampfrancisco.. it is a tradional mask of west africa..

i took the sketch of eat sleep and stamp sketch 147..

http://eatsleepstamp.typepad.com/tracyc/2011/09/sketchy-thursday-147.html

this card is also entering flourishes noonchallenge fllc911b..... 3 is a charm..
because it has 3 layers..
http://flourishes.org/2011/09/the-threes-a-charm-challenge/

die kreatieve stempelfreunden challenge 33 is..card for a man
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/
and i guess this card is suitable to sent to a man!!

stampsRus challenge is.. friendship
http://stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/
and this is a greetingcard.. one sents to friends and relatives..

flourishes,deliciousdoodles,jellyparkfriends,

this is flourishes septembre sketch..

http://flourishes.org/2011/09/its-a-bit-sketchy/

and this is what imade of it..

i flipped it sideways...

i made it with my new african stamp i bought at stampfrancisco.. so it can enter the challenge of delicious doodle.. no 1 .. fresh start..

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/

jellypark friends challenge is... pass it on...

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/

and i will.. i make this cards for somebody in gambia.. so he can sell them.. and earn something..

phindy's place challenge 72 is..stripes somewhere..

http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/

well.. there are stripes in the scrappaper.. and there are in the stamp.. 

pdcc98,pio37,c4er36,ddc1,

i took the colors of the play date cafe challenge 98 to make this card..

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2011/09/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc98.html

pile it on challenge 37 is.. layer it on..
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/

crafts for eternity receipe 36 is.. brown and blue..
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/

delicious doodles challenges has a fresh start.. no. 1..
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/
and so did i.. my wizzard was stuck for the 3e time
could make him go for or backwards anymore..
.. and i went so angry..
i bought another machine.. a double do xl..
so this is my fresh start with my diecuts!!!

flowerstamp is by hero arts...

spcolorcombo117,tpe116,pio37,colorcreate79,dysu36,

i made this card for my own challenge.. for november.. on http://www.hobbyjournaal.nl/forum/68189/De_uitdaging_2.htm. de uitdaging.. 

and i took the colors of  sp colorcombo 117

http://spcolorcombos.thescrapmaster.com/2011/09/sp-color-combo-117.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_ca

i only added some grey to it...

the pink elephant challenge no 116 is a vintage theme..

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/pink-elephant-tpe116.html

pile it on challenge 37 is.. layer it..

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/pio-challenge-37-layer-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_cahttp://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/pio-challenge-37-layer-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_ca

i layered my pic on a tag.. and that i layered on scrappapper.. layered on grey paper layered on my card..

colorcreate challenge 79 is..

pink, brown,cream, white..

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/

and optional a add of lace..

do you stack up challenge 36 is texture..

http://www.doyoustackup.blogspot.com/

i crochet my flower..

cardsforman18,fllcsep11,craftycardsmakers51,lexicreations48,spmonthlychallengeseptember,

this card i made with a stamp of westafrican man of sirstampalot.. i paperpieced his  abeya.. i stamped the hearts with a stamp of michael strong...

the background i made out of pieces of old placemats..

flourishes has a little fall challenge..

http://flourishes.org/blog/

and you have to make something with at least 1 of these solors in your project..

i enter with this card the challenge of cards for man 18.. G is for... gambia (in my case..)

http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/

crafty cardmakers challenge 51 is.. summer holliday memories..

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/

and i remember my holliday in the gambia

and i enter in the challenge of lexi's creations no. 48 "autumn"

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/

as in these card autumn colors are.. brown/black/old pink/green

scrapparadise monthly challenge september.. is pink as main color...

http://www.thescrapmaster.com/search/label/Color%20Combos

spcc114,cupcake156,

this time i made another thing but a card.. i made a candleset to give as a present.. 

i used the colors from sp colorcombo 114

http://spcolorcombos.thescrapmaster.com/2011/08/spcc-114.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Fe

cupcakecraft challenge 156 is .. a gift card..

http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

this is more a gift than a card..although there is a very little card underneath the little present..

so i entering this challenge too..

papertake weekly challenge is.. dies to die for..

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

and i used a die of mariannedesign to make the flower and leaves..

playdatecafe90,cardpatterns124,tandateaser175,tuesdaythrowdown57,pixydust83,inkyimpressions19

i made another lovely lady.. ahah now she got 2 arms !!!

and i think i be making more.. i like them myself soooo much ahah..

i used the colorpalette of playdate cafe challenge 90

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2011/07/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc90.html

i used the sketch of card patterns no.124

http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/07/sketch-124.html

only flipped it..

tanda teaser 175 is.. going on a summer holliday..

http://tandastamps.blogspot.com/

my card is a hollidaycard.. so it enters...

tuesday throwdown challenge 57 is.. fun in the sun..

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/

my card enters here too..

pixie dust studio's chaleenge 83 is.. girly, girly...

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/

and is asking a girly theme and a bow and ribbon..

all 2 items are on my card...

inky impressions challenge 19 is....distressing..

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

well i distressed with purple ink..

around the card...

the stamp i used is by stamp francisco

i used die;s from nellie snellen to die cut the dress.. and the little diamondrectangels in the lower part..

i used the rectagle die cut from nestalilities to make the background..

colorthrowdown150,ess139,kreatievenstempelfreunden29,papertakeweekly,oldiebutagoodie23,cccc150,whoopsidaisy,paperplaytime50.

another card to take with me to gambia..

i am rather proud on this one haha.. it turned out so lovely..

and matched with a stamp of only the head and breaths of an lady....i constructed 1 arm.. so it looks like she is folding her hands behind her back..

the stamp is by stampfrancisco and i bought it 2e hands.... and the dress i made with my nellie snellen die cuts..

i like the dress so much.. i would like one in real ahahhaha..

i used the colors of colorthrowdown challenge 150..

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/color-throwdown-150.html

and the sketch of eat sleep and stamp sketch 139

http://eatsleepstamp.typepad.com/tracyc/2011/07/sketchy-thursday-139.html

kreatieven stempelfreunden challenge 29 is.. summer..

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/

i enter with this tropical card too.

paper take weekly challenge is.. hot hot hot.. 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

so you had to use pinks/reds/oranges.. i used several pinks...

oldie but a goodie challenge 23 is.. lace and ribbons..

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/

i laced the dress with a die cut.. so there is lace..

and the woman has a ribbon on her head and on her middle..

cupcake craft challenge 150 is a celebrating one..

you can pick any challenge they had before..

http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

i picked sketch 53...and flipped it..

whoopsi daisy challenge is.. pink...

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/

there are in the card several shades of pink...

paper playtime challenge 50 is also summer..

http://www.paperplaytime.blogspot.com/

so this tropical lady enters there too..

colourQ93,freshlybrewed55,tuesdaytaggers,cupcakecraft150,mytimetocraft148,stampsRus,pollycraft101,kaboodledoodles75,

and the 2e card i made this evening.. better said.. this night!!

i used the colorpalette of colourQ 93

http://colourq.blogspot.com/2011/07/colourq-challenge-93.html

freshly brewed challenge 55 is ..three's of anything..

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/

i used 3  birds and 3 leaves (to go with my homemade flower)

try it on tuesday challenge is... birds and bees

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/

and there are birdsssssssss so my card enters...

cupcake craft challenge 150 is...

to make a card with 1 of the 150 previous challenges..

http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

i chosed challenged 71.. make your own flower..

i made this flower with punches and embossed it....

my time to craft challenge 148 is... birdwatcher....

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

gambia is a land , that is famous about his birds amongs ornithologs...

stamps R us challenge is... through the garden gate..

http://stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/

you see birds and flowers in the garden..

pollycraft monday challenge 101 is..the great outdoors...

http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

i enter with my bird card.. because you see birds evrywhere.. when you are outdoors!!!

kaboodle doodles challenge 75 is.. use those scissors...

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/

i used mine to cut out the birds...

spcolorcombo108,mawtt107,pio29,flutterbywednesday162,ppa102, kreatievenstempelfreunden29

this card i made for a summercardchain.. for the ones who dont go on holliday.. it is raining and storming now for the 3e day in a row.. so.. a real dutch summer!!!!! i used the colors of SPcolorcombo challenge 108

http://www.thescrapmaster.com/search/label/Color%20Combos

moving along with times challenge 107 is.. favorite things...

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ my most favorite thing is .. stampsssssss adn my new double do xl.. i loveeeee that machine.. i made the lettres with it with a cuttlebug alfabet.

pile it on challenge 29 is..your favorite technic..

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/

mine is stamping.. and kind of 3d.. i mean stamp something on the background.. like i did with them orange butterflies.. and then put a stamped image layered on...i did with the rubber rainboots..

flutterby wednesday 162 is...an fotoinspiration.. but has to have something fluttering on it..

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/

there are butterflies on my card...and garden rubberboots...

pals paper arts challenge 102 is.. summertime..

http://www.palspaperarts.com/

here is my rainy summercard.. ahahha

kreativen stempelfreunden  challenge 29 is.. summer..

http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/

so i enter with this card there too..

butterflies and rubber boots are stamps by papermania

eaddesign14,fuzzywuzzy,simplycreate47,belliblog121,shelly'simages

and the 2e and last one i made today..

it is a self carved image..i got it from a friend..

i used the colors of ead design blog challenge 14..

http://stencilwords.com/blog/2011/07/07/new-beginnings/

fuzzy wuzzy challenge of july is.. get punchy..

http://thefuzzywuzzychallenges.blogspot.com/

and i did.. i used a border punch..2 flowerpunches.. a curly punch.. a starpunch...a small heart punch

simply create challenge 47 is.. silhouette..

http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

i guess this stamp is a kind of silhouette..

so i enter this one too..

creative belli blog challenge 121 is.. costum made bellies..

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/

i made my flower myself.. and the little hearts..

shelly's images blog terrific thrilling thursday challenge is.. to make some project with at least 1 of  these items..punches, bling, ribbon, embossing, digi's and homemade bellies..

http://www.shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/

i choosed... punches.. and i made my own flower..

papercraft52, allsorts111,bearlymine14, goinggrey, abcchallenge,papershelter21

another freshly made card...so wonderfull i have 4 days off for holliday out of the 5 i work !! untill septembre!!

this time i used the colors of papercraft starchallenge 52 wich are these.. on this foto..

http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/

all sorts challenge 111 is .. free and easy..

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

so this card goes too....

bearly mine challenge 14 is.. anything goes..

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/

this is my 2e entry for that one..

going grey scrapcreations challenge is.. summer

http://www.scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/

it is alwayssssssssssssss summer in gambia..

abc challenge is Y from yesterday..

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/

you have to use some old stuff..or make a vintage card.. i choosed the old stuff..

the ribbon is laying here for ages..

and the stamp i bought 2e hands.. a long time ago..

the grey paper is also very old..

the papershelter challenge 21 is..lots of dots..

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/

i made little dots with a white pen all over my card..

stamp is an unknown um

the letters gambia i made with a die by cuttlebug

colorthrowdown149,oldiebutagoodie,citycrafter64,bearlymine14

this birdcard i made with thecolors of..

color throwdown challenge 149

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/07/color-throwdown-149.html

oldie but a goodie challenge is.. anything goes..

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/

so this is my 3e entry to this challenge..

city crafter challenge 64 is..birds of a feather..

http://www.citycrafter.blogspot.com/

i already entered with a birdcard.. and this is my 2e entry....

bearly mine challenge 14 is.. anything goes..

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/

so my card will enter too!!!

stamptacular sunday challenge 118 is.. seeing double..

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/

i see a lot of the same birds...

and 2 of the same swirls..

3 of the same flowers punched out..

and 4 of the same flowers in the ribbon

birdies are a stamp by penny black..

text is a stamp by het stempelatelier

big lowers is made with eksuccespunches..

swirls too

litle flowers are made with a punch by nellie snellen

hearts in the flowers are made with a perlpen..

colourQ92,ess138,creativebelli121,iich19,southerngirls,tuesdaytaggers,oldiebutagoodie

and another card.. with a stamp i got from my internetfriend... she is stopping with stampin... she makes fabulous other things.. collages..from paper of magizines.. and she likes that more.. so she decided to give me all her africa stamps..

and i am very happy with them..!!!!!

unfortunaly.. most africa stamps are from east africa..kenya.. or south africa.

and i make cards for gambia..that is west africa..but this mother.. breastfeeding her child is from all over africa..

i used the color palette of colourQ challenge 92

http://colourq.blogspot.com/2011/07/colourq-challenge-92.html

and the sketch of eat,sleep and stamp challengesketch 138.. only i flipped the card.. not the sketch..

http://eatsleepstamp.typepad.com/tracyc/2011/07/sketchy-thursday-138.html

creative belli challenge 121 is.. to make your own embellishments..

i made my flowers with punches...

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/

inky impressions challenge 19 is.. distressing..

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

i distressed with ink..

all paper has all edges with black ink destressed

southern girls challenge is.. to bring out.. the inner child..

remember those childhoodthings..

http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

i enter with this card..a breathfeeding mom..

tuesday taggers challenge is.. flower power..

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/

i made these flowers and put them on a prominent place on my card...

oldie but a goodie challenge 22 is.. anything goes...

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/

so also this card!!!

the stamp is an unknown um

i used the doily heart borderpunch by martha sterwart

and the leavepunch by mcgill

and the flowerpunches of nellie snellen..

i geve them a heart with my perlpen.. and added 3 little dots with them at the right upperside of the card..

spcolorcombo107,pio27,lollipopcraftjuly,whoopsidaisy,citycrafter64,evrybodyartchallenge149

this card i made with my wizard.. and a die cut..

and a nice stamp i bought very cheap at a fair..

i was inspired by the colorpalette of spcolorcombo 107

pile it on challenge 27 is... time to relax...

and you do.. when you hear those pretty little birds sing ...

lollipop crafts has a anything goes summer challenge..

so i throw in this birdcard too..

whoopsi daisy challenge is hot hot hot.... well it is that hot.. you can nothing do.. but listen to the birds..

so this cards enters there too..

citycrafter challenge blog week 64 is.. birds of a feather

http://www.citycrafter.blogspot.com/

so this little gambian bird flies to their challenge too..

evrybodyart challenge 149 is.. use shapes..

i used a square and a rectangle on my card...

and i used a die cut bird on a branche..

i used a die cut of marianne design..bird on a branche..

and a stamp by dove craft..

text is a stamp by het stempelatelier..

and birds on a wire borderpunch by martha stewart

the eye of the bird is made with a perlpen.. pale pink..

cr84fn33,allsorts110, hookedoncraftchallenge2,kortomania43,bearysweet29

this card i made yesterdayevening and this evening.... i tried 5x to scan it right.. but it came out evrytime a little wrong.. so i gave up.. hope you dont mind....

i used the coloring of the cr84fn challenge 33 that is.

this.. pink, red and a neutral...i used several reds.. and several pinks..

all sorts challenge 110 is.. free and easy..that means.. evrything goes....

so also my mum with baby..

hooked on craft challenge 2 is.. show us your flowers..

i show my own made.. with a punch of nellie snellen...

http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

kort o mania challenge 43.. anything goessssssss..

so my mom and baby go in this challenge too..

i improvised the sketch of the beary sweet challenge 29

and used a stamp of suzan toronto...

flower punches of nellie snellen end a florishswirl punch of ek succes

i put little tips with a pale pink perlpen evry where..