My vacation and my own sketch,

Last week we went for a holiday to Egypt. The weather was very nice, it was sunny and the temperature was 30C, every day! Our hotel was great and there was a lovely reef in front of the hotel. We went snorkeling all day and that was very special.
We saw the most beautiful fishes and want to go back some time.



Because of my vacation I didn't manage to make this weeks sketch for 2sketches4you.
But I DID make my own cardsketch. I wanted to make a card in a different shape than usual and decided to make a round one.
This is my sketch and a few pictures of my card.






On the 2sketches4you blog you can find this weeks sketch, made by Kazan.
I think it's a very elegant sketch and hope to find some time this week, but I will be very busy making a present for a birthday later this week ;-)



I hope to see many lovely cards made after my sketch. Please let me know and be sure I visit your blog.

Very difficult.

Last week I received two Pop Up Cards from De Nami Design and a sketch from Laura from 2sketches4you. Our challange was to combine them.
At first I was enthusiastic about the idea, but when I start working with it I couldn't find the inspiration I needed.

So, I'm not very pleased with the result but nonetheless I will show you some pictures. I think when you visit the 2sketches4you blog you'll find some very lovely cards, LOL. This challange was to big for me.





Next monday I'll be back with my own sketch and card. I already finished it and I'm quite pleased with the result.

Kazan's sketch 11!

This is already Kazan's sketch 11. They say that time flies when you're having fun, and that really is the truth. I didn't hardly use sketches before I discovered 2sketches4you, but I can say I'm a true addict now.
My Design Team Membership is coming to an end at the end of this month and I'm gonna miss it. Fortunate 2sketches4you is not ending, so now I can try to be the first to post every week, LOL.

This sketch was a pleasure to work with. I've used a quote, printed on transparent, some Creative Café stuff and of course my sewing machine. I think I can't live without that thing.






By the way, did you see the DT call? Try it, it's fun to be part of this team.

My new 2sketches4you card and World Card Making day 2008!

Finally I'm feeling better. The last two weeks weren't my best, but here I am again, the happy me! Let me start to say thank you for all your very nice comments on my "Officially Friends" post. I really loved reading them and you bet I'll cherish this new friendship.

And as you all know monday is 2sketches4you day. Time for a fantastic new sketch, made by Laura. This sketch was so easy to work with and I really enjoyed it.
I'm going to use this card as a birthdaycard and stupid me forgot to "change the age". And because I'm sure the "birthdaygirl" reads my blog, I just gave away a surprice. Oops.

This is Laura's sketch 10.



And here's my take on the sketch.




Last saturday, we celebrated "World Card Making Day". The whole 2s4y team made an extra card to celebrate that event. Both Laura and Kazan made a sketch and I played with Laura's sketch. I've used a piece of Hambly transparent, crocheted around it and used some KI lace and papers. You can see a lot of lovely cards on the 2s4y blog, so please take a look.



I hardly celebrated WCMD because I wasn't at home all day. I went shopping in Utrecht with my friend Anne and on our way home we bought some Indonesian food. We cooked some rice at home and had a lovely dinner.
After dinner, Anne wanted to scrap a card, her first one! We choose a not so complicated one and had a lot of fun, at least I had.
Of course I helped her a little bit, but she cut out all the flowers, choose the papers, used the Crop-a-Dile and placed the letterstickers. I'm sure the receiver will be highly surprised with this beautiful result.
Here's a photo of the result. Look how blissful Anne, the blonde one, looks.



I'm proud of you girl! Your first card made on WCMD.

Officially Friends.

I didn't feel to well last week and didn't have much interest in scrapbooking at all. Finally on friday I got some inspiration and made Kazans sketch 10 for my favorite sketchblog 2sketches4you.
There's a little nice story behind the title of this card and I'm gonna tell it to you.

You might know that I'm teaching classes in a gym and I love doing that very much.
One of our members wrote a nice comment about me in the gym's guestbook and only signed it with A. You can imagine I was curious, who he or she was. My family joked that I wrote the comment myself. LOL.
One week later, I talked about the comment in my class and thanked A. for it and said that I liked it very much. After the class, a woman came to me. We shaked hands and she told me her name and said that she wrote the comment.
We talked for a few moments and I told her I thought about her as the sender of the comment. Why? Only because I often see her smiling and laughing during my classes.
Later, she send me an e-mail and from that moment we start e-mailing, a lòòòòòt.
Last week we met and talked and talked and talked. Time was flying and we had such a nice time. She's such a nice and kind woman and she can make me laugh and make me cry.
Last thursday I wrote her an e-mail and signed it with "your new friend".
On friday I got an e-mail back with the question: "Are we officially friends now? ;-)"
That little sentence gave me the inspiration for the title of this card.
And yes, A., we are officially friends now :-). This card will be in your mailbox soon and I hope you'll like it.

This is Kazans sketch:



And this is my card. I've used some Creative Café transparent. Love that stuff.



On the 2sketches4you blog you can find a lot of inspiration. If you are a cardmaker, I'm sure you'll love that blog.
Be sure I take a look at your blog to see what you did with the sketch! Enjoy it!

Two weeks ago I made some more cards which I'll show you. I was inspired by a Dutch magazine. Thank you Je@net.

I love transparents.

All the 2sketches4you DT members received a package with four transparent cards from this weeks sponsor Sheetloads, and had to use it for this weeks sketch. Some weeks ago I've made some cards with Hambly transparent, so I knew I would love this new product.
The possibilities with transparents are endless. When you take a look at the Sheetload ShortCuts blog, you can see a lot of examples my 2sketches4you colleague Carla made. So very lovely.

This weeks sketch was made by Laura and she did a great job. I love those curved lines and used them on the last page of my card.

For this card I used 1,5 sheet and made a 3-page card for my youngest daughter's birthday. She needs to be patient because her birthday is not until december.
Stitching the transparent is no problem and I'm always using normal sewing needles, so just try it if you want.

Some music.

Sorry, nothing to show yet.
I've just put some of my favorite songs on my blog. I also wanted a few older songs but couldn't find them. What a pitty.

Just a question. Do you like music on blogs or not?

Oh, and I want to tell you that I'm pretty pleased with the card I made today for next weeks 2sketches4you. Laura made a very lovely sketch but I'm sorry that you have to wait till monday to see it ;-)

Have a nice weekend!

Something different.

This weeks sketch from 2sketches4you was made by Kazan.
I thought it was a perfect sketch for something different.
I've made a little gift bag. First I had to make a pattern, because most bags are to big for one sheet of scrapbookpaper. It was fun to do and I'm pretty pleased with it.

This is Kazan's sketch.



And this is my little gift bag.



I hope you'll enjoy this weeks sketch as much as I did and I'm looking forward to see all your beautiful creations.

Bonus card Ashild

This week it was Ashilds turn to create the bonus sketch. It's a sketch with several layers and I like it. It is always a pleasure to work with these October Afternoon papers, so I used them again, and I still have a lot more :-)
Ashild, thanks for your lovely sketch.
If you want to see the sketch and Ashilds lovely card, check the 2sketches4you blog.




In yesterdays post I told you about the cool clear cards from Sheetload ShortCuts. You can win a package of four cards just by leaving a comment on their site. I wish you luck!

Another card and a lovely prize.

Last week when I was playing with Laura's sketch my first take was made of this blue paper and the big bow. When I glued the paper and the bow, my inspiration left me and didn't visit me that week. So, at that point I decided to make a complete new card and that's the red one as seen on the 2sketches4you blog.
Yesterday, I saw the blue card again and suddenly knew what to do with it. This is the result and I'm pleased with it.
Made this card for my parents, who are celebrating their 46th weddingday next sunday.



In august, when I visited Carla's beautiful blog, I saw a link to the Sheetload site and hopped over for a look. I liked their monthly sketch and the great prizes, so I made a card and guess what.....I won! Yeah, I'm happy!!!!!
You maybe remember my card and this is the prize I won. Love it!




Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch (yes, really!), BasicGrey Two Scoops - Fibers, 6x6 paper pad and Heart Smudge Stamps

Alicia, the owner of Sheetloads Shortcuts introduced beautiful Clear & Frosted Cards. There a are a few examples made by Carla and those are so cute. I love clear products.