Divas by Design - April Showers

Hi all!

Welcome to a new challenge at Divas by Design! This weeks theme is April Showers, perfect for the time of the year! We have an amazing sponsor for this challenge, it's Dies to Die for! Just click on the banner below to visit their shop!


Here's my creation for this challenge!

 When I was looking through my stamps I found this one, and I knew it was perfect for this challenge!

The image I used is from CC Designs and she is called Umbrella Lulu. She is no longer available, so I can't link to it. I used my Copic Makers to color the image, and I used the following markers.
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E13 and R20 for blush.
Hair: E08, E09, E18
Coat: BG01, BG05, BG07
Hat: Y11, Y15, Y17
Umbrella: Y11, Y15, Y17, RV10, RV13, RV14
Water: BG10, BG000, BG0000

 The papers I used for this card are by BoBunny, from the Prairie Chic collection.

The pink ribbon I used is from my stash. All flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts.

That was it for today, I hope you all like it. Please pop over to Divas by Design and join us!

Hugs, Sandra

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Hi all!

How are you all doing? I am having an excellent day. Today is hubby's birthday, he is turning 31!
With the birth of our daughter Tessa, we decided to not give eachother gifts this years, but we will be buying ourselves a camcorder. So he is expecting no gift. Can't wait to see the look on his face if Tessa will gift this gift to him! He didn't say he don't want a gift from Tessa!

Tessa "bought" her daddy some DVD's he wanted, so I made a giftbag to put them in. It is a giftbag from the Dutch company Kimya, they sell all types of packaging and I love their stuff! Onto the decoration.
I cut a piece of white card stock to cover up the front and I used a star embossing folder on it to give it some texture. I also inked the edges with Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

The image is by CC-Designs and is called Cupcake Trevor. He is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers. I used the following.
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E13 and R20 for blush.
Hair: E33, E35, E37
Pants: B95, B97, B99
Shoes: E35, E37
Cupcake: E33, E35, C00, C0, C2, C5, YG93, YG95

I used a diecut by Noor!Design as a border for my paper, and some metal stars from my stash as decoration. I used some twine to sew them to my papers.

The sentiment is by Nicole Verkooijen and says To the loveliest dad.

That was it for today, I hope you like it. See you next time!

Hugs, Sandra

Make a splash! - Drunken Stampers

Hi everyone!

It is saturday again, which means a new challenge at Drunken Stampers!
This week it is Team Bahama Mama's turn to host it, and we are inspired by the movie "Singing in the Rain"

We want to see a project that is based on the movie or contains an umbrella.

This is what I created.



The image I used is by CC-Designs, and I won this one a while ago. I never had a chance to use it, but it is just perfect for this challenge!!
Here is a close-up of my colored image.

She is called Umbrella Lulu and is available at All That Scraps, both as rubber and a digi.
Lulu is colored with my trusted Copic Markers and I used the following.
Skin: E50, E51, E53 amd R20 for blush
Hair: E71, E74, E77
Hat and Coat: BG11, BG13 and BG15
Umbrella: RV21, RV23
Duck: G21, G28, YG23
Water: BG0000, BG000

The sentiment I used is by AmyR Underwater sentiment Set. Amy's sets are also available at All That Scraps. The dessinpapers I used are by My Minds Eye. I also used some pink and aqua colored ribbon from my stash.

To finish my card I used some Prima Flowers, attached with a aqua colored brad.

That was it for today! Now grab a glass of booze and join us at Drunken Stampers! Cheers!

Hugs, Sandra

Have a special birthday - Drunken Stampers DT

Hi al!!

Time for a new challenge at Drunken Stampers! This week it is team Bahama Mama's turn to host it.
This week we want to see some projects inspired by the movie SIXTEEN CANDLES, in other words, we want to see some birthday cards!!


Here is what I made for this challenge.

I made a 5inch square card, this size I use most of the time when making square cards. The image I used is by CC-Design, I won this one at All That Scraps Challenge, and I am soo in love with her. Perfect for birthday cards!
Here is a close-up of my colored image.

She is cut out with a label die by Sizzix, and colored with my Copic Markers. I used the following to color her.
Skin: E000, E00, E02, R20
Hair: E50, E51, E53
Shirt: BG72, BG57, BG49
Gifts: Y35, Y38
I also used glossy accents on the confetti, but I am not sure if you can see it in the pictures.

The sentiment I used is by Whimsy stamps, it's my GO-TO birthday sentiment set, I love them!
Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and cut out with my Nestabilities circle die, and there you go!
I finished it with some pearls around it and some paper roses.

The papers I used are by My Minds Eye, The Sweetest Thing Bluebell collection.
I also used some ribbon and pins from my stash.

That was it for today, I hope you like it! Now hop over to Drunken Stampers and join us with your birthday cards!

I would love to enter the following challenges:
Polkadoodles - Spring Flowers
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Girls Rule
Creative Moments - Add a sentiment
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Flowers and Pearls
Created with Love - Anything goes

Hugs Sandra

Wishes of a happy birthday

Hi all!

This week is the fifth week of december, that means a challenge at Red Carpet Studio in which both the lay-out and card DT join!! So you can join us with any project you want! And if that wasn't easy enough, you should see our them for this week!

Anything sweet! Isn't that sweet? And did you see the prize? Even sweeter, our lovely DTgirl Stacy offered a total blog make-over!
Here is my project for the sweetest challenge of the year!

 The image is by CC-Designs, called Cupcake Emma. Isn't she lovely?

Emma is colored with my Copic Markers again, and I used the following markers to color her in.
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E71, E77, E79
Clothes: YG91, YG95
Cupcake: E33, E35
Topping: RV91, RV93, RV95
I also used some Stickles to the cupcakes, both the big one, and the one in her hair!

The papers I used are by Bo Bunny, and the buttons are from my stash. I also used some white ribbon from my stash.

The sentiment I used is by Whimsy Stamps, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock. All edges of the papers I used are inked with Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy.
The white lace is made with a Marianne Design Creatables die, and also inked with the same Distress Ink.

I hope you all like it and hope to see you on our "sweet" challenge at Red Carpet Studio!


Hugs, Sandra

Wishing you a great day

Hi all!

Yesterday we had a birthday party from our friend, and couldn't just give her nothing. That's why I made her a birthdaycard!

This is the card, she really liked it! I used my new CC-design stamp, cupcake Emma, perfect for a birthday card!
Here's a close up of her!

I used my Copic Markers to color her, but since I paper-piece the cake wrapping and the bow in her hair, I didn't use a whole lot of colors.
Skin: E0000. E00, E11 and R20 for blush.
Hair and shoes: E31, E33 and E35
Dress: V12, V15 and V17
Cake topping: V12, V15 and V17, YG91 and YG95
I didn't want to leave the paper pieced objects as it is, so I used my W3 and W1 to add some shading.

The sentiment I used is by Nicole Verkooijen, traced the esge with my V15 Copic and add some pearls to it, which I made with my pearlmaker pen.

The DP I used is by Basic Grey, Plumeria. I love the orange and pink in it! Used a ribbon tied in a bow as an embellishment, and some different paper flowers.
I matted the cardfront on some black cardstock and did that with the large orange piece too.

That's it for today, hope you all enjoyed it! Hope to see you soon!

This card is entering the following challenges:
All that Scraps - Paper piecing
Diva's by Design - Happy birthday
Stampavie and More - Happy birthday


Hugs, Sandra

My CC-Design stamps in the mail!

Hi everybody!

Look what arrived in my mailbox the other day!
The two CCdesign stamps I won!
Aren't they cute?



So now you all know what I will be doing this afternoon!

Hugs Sandra

I sea it's your birthday

Hi all!

First of all I would like to thank everyone who joined the Fun in the sun Blog Hop!
I love to read all your comments!
I also want to welcome all my new followers!
Anywho, I have been busy crafting for a friends birthday yesterday, and this is how it turned out

I used several different CC-Designstamps, with go really good together with the AmyR Underwater Sentiment Set!

I colored this cute girl with my Copic Markers, I used the following colors
Skin: E0000, E00, E11 and R20
Hair: E71 and E77
Mermaid-outfit: BG05, BG07 and BG09
Pearls: RV04 and RV06
Seaweed: YG11, YG03 and YG06
Sand: E31, E33, E35 and E37
Water (hard to see, but actually did color it this time!): BG11, BG10 and BG0000
Here are some pictures of the fish.

Colored with the same colors as the main image, and of course added some stickles!

The DP I used is by My Minds Eye, I barely have a full sheet left, I really, really love it!!
I used a Nestabilities Labels One die to cut the main image out, and used a Martha Stewart punch on the purple DP. Also added some stickles to the pearls and the waterbubble.

Hope you all like it!
This card is entering the following challenges
All that Scraps - Anything goes and DT-call
Love to create - 3 of Something (fish)
Elke kaart een feestje - Summer


Hugs, Sandra

Welcome Back Rachel

Hi everyone!

For today I don't have a card to share with you, but a whole project! One of my friends Rachel went on internship to Spain for 9 weeks, and last thursday she finally came back. I was so happy to see her again! I made her a present, a typical Dutch windmill. Here are some pictures of it!

Quite a huge project, don't you think?
I used some DP by Basic Grey, Marjolaine collection.
The stamps are all CC-designs, colored with my Copic Markers.
The windmill is filled with 3 sorts of typical Dutch products, called Drop (liquorice) Stroopwafels  (treacle)  and Speculaas.

I hope you all like it, Rachel really did!

See you soon!

Hugs, Sandra