practising while waiting for the babysitter...

last days i was busy with an old love.. scenery..

i am not that good with mountains and woods.. but i do scenery's like it was a picture taken of normal daily things..or a fairytale .. i like that too..

so i made this one.. waiting for the babysitter.. she is a bit late.. so mom and dad are already practising the dancemoves..

wallpaper, cupboard, baby and plant and groundstructure are stamps by sirius/stempelmakers

dancing couple and windowcurtains are stamps by mariette verhees..

these stamps i bought more than 20 years ago.. boths factories dont excist anymore.. at least not the artstamp compartment..

i did the coloring with my brandnew spectrum noir markers.. i am veryyyyyyyyyyyyy happy with them!!

the card is entering the folowing challenges..:

craftycardmakers 64 .. time..

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ 

the kraft journal.. anything goes..

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com/ 

the crazy challenge wanted to see green on the card..in wich way ever..

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/ 

my wallpaper is lightgreen wih purple dots.. and there are 2 giants plants in the room..

the pink elephant 140  is.. get krafty...

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

well, the floor is colored kraft..

jellypark challenge..waht is your favorite craft project.. and your favorite craft technique..

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/ 

well.. project is card.. and technique is scenery stamping !!!!

the stamping boutique challenge is clean and simple..

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 

i didnot use scrappaper or embellishments..

only stamps on 1 layer..

i think i am in my soft colors period !!!

again a very softcolored card !!! so strange.. normally i make very very bright colored...but i enjoined making it..

i used the a embos whats.a.me.call.it from cuttlebug to make a nice texture on the cream cardstock..

i wiped a little with paleblue ink over it..

found a matching stamp.. by stampinback.. and used the butterflydie from cheery lynn again..

this card enters the following challenges:

flutter by wednesday 192

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2012/02/flutter-by-wednesday-192.html

the house that stamps built 229 spring pastels..

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

magical monday.. all critters great and small

http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/

all sorts .. anything goes..

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

ccee stampers 1209 ..create a spring scene..

http://cceestampers.blogspot.com/

i hate scanners..lol..

last days i made this card.. it is so nice clean and simple card!! with very pale clors.. palekraft, lilac en paleblue..with  creamcolored ribbon .

 but the scanner could not get the colors right.. tooo bad..

flowers.. fluitekruid .. called in dutch  is a stamp by stampinback

little butterfly is a die from cheery lyn.. and i used a nestabillitie from spelbinders to make the oval..

this card enters the following challenges..:

art impressions 52 .. clean and simple or anything but

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/

colour create 90 ..lilac, blue, white and kraft..

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/

cropstop 59.. is it blooming outside...

http://cropstop.blogspot.com/

cute card thursday 205..winged things..

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

ladybug crafts ink .. spring is in the air..

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

tulipssssssssssssss from amsterdammmmmmmmmm..

yesterdayevening i made this spring card.. owww i am sooooo ready for spring.. but it is still cold outside..

i used the tulipsstamp from stampinback and made 2x a tulip extra..

1 i put layered on the image and 1 i put with 2 leaves at the right side..

used my scallop edgepunch again.. i gues this one is pretty favorite these times..my hand is always choosing it..

i wanted to make really red tulips.. and than i found only these green papers to go with it.. like xmascolors!!

card seems out of balance.. but that is just because i didnot scan it exactly at the right angle . sorry !!!

this card enters the following challenges:

less is more 55 punches or dies..

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2012/02/week-55-theme.html

i used both..

fairytale 35 is spring..fruhling..lente..voorjaar..printemps..

http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/

if the shoe fitss 99..anything goes..

http://iftheshoefitsscrapit.blogspot.com/

cute card thursday 204... flower power..

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

do you stack up 59... layers

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

i have a couple of layers on my card..

fresh brewed designs 83...red hot...

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/

 i tried another old tecnic again.. here it is called sprella.. you have to make nice patterns with a thread on a piece of carton..what was left over from the cowcard..

i decided to make a embellishment with it..

i used the smallest nestablitie with scalloped edges..

and a aquablue and grey blue sweingthread 

i think it looks rather nice !!!

made a double edge with a scalloped borderpunch

and a stamp of third coast..a fairy doing morning grooming..

i think it has become a nice springcard !!

and it will enter these challenges..:

4crafty chicks 77 .. double down..

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/

i got a double scalloped edge..

for your inspiration 24 is a nice foto of a parc with a pond..

http://foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/

i guess my fairy could been sitting at the pond to wash herself in the morning!!!

the house that stamps built 215 is.. use something left over..

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

i did use the last pieces of greenish cardstock to make the embellishment and some nice edges..

flutter by wednesday 190 is.. anything with wings

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/

my fairy has wings..

inky impressions challenge is.. use punches or dies..

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

i used both..

dutch cow..

all national  craft

companies are releasing dutch items at the moment..

so a big hype in wooden shoes, cows, folklore and blue and white..

i didnot had to buy new.. i already had the stamps of the woodenshoes for more than 10 years.. the mark is sirius,,

the cow and her little one is a stamp i bought in a stampshop in amsterdam.. their own mark.. i forgot the name.. sorry..

doily flower i made by putting 2 flowers of a die from marianne design and a spacer and a brad.

this card is entering the following challenges..

the pink elephant 135 a foto inspiration..

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

all sorts challenge 141 is free and easy february..

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

pixie dust studio 113 double the fun

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/

have 2 images on your card.. i have the cow and the wooden shoes..

lady bugs craft ink..spring is in the air..

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

i want springggggggggggg to come ...

a bird card.. this bird is called in dutch.. little king of winter...and it is a old stamp of stempelmakers/sirius the little birdscages are from the same compagny..

it was a factory in holland.. but closed since longtime.. too pity !!! they made such nice stamps.. but long before it was a hype to stamp!

i am fed up with snow and cold.. so i wanted to make a card with a wink to spring..

the card enters the following challenges..

moving along with times 135 cute critters

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/

flourishes timeless tuesday 155 birdimages

http://flourishes.org/2012/02/5226/

color throwdown 178

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/

charisma cardz 5 things with wings..

http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/

pixie dust studio 113 use more than 1 image..

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/