Resolutions

Ow wow..why is it soo difficult to keep up my resolutions...well..I can explain why I did not post few days...we bought a new sofa, hocker and some dinner-table-chairs and because of that I had to finish painting my house. So last days I have painted my stairs and furnished it with carpets and did a lot of other painting things (well..you know..all the wood, furniture, walls and decorations are painted in one the same color...creamwhite...hihi..so..lots of work to be done!). Not sure if it is a good excuse but it is an excuse ;)

Irene Alexeeva released her new kit 'Dream with me'. This kit is whimsical, funny and partially hand drawned.

Another week has gone by and I still keep up very well with my battle...in fact..I have already lost few kilo's...I am half way now...which is verrrry good. I really work very hard on it..think about everything I eat or drink and I am counting the points. I made another page with K-studio's kit 'Motivated' and used her 'Motivated word pieces'.

I could not resist this collab between Holly Designs and Vera Lim 'I Resolve..'. I think I really get some support from this kind of kits in keeping up with my resolutions..and so far..it worked.
Keep your eyes opened for the next blogpost....hugs,

Weird Wonderland

Irene Alexeeva released her 'Weird Wonderland Collection' today...you can buy the whole collection as a bundle for a special price or in separate sets..of course it's is on sale now! Here is the page I did..

Last night I did two challenge pages....this first page is for the Pive Pickle Discount Challenge at SPD where I had to do a scraplift. I used the wonderful new kit 'Sense of Delight' by MK Designs.

This page is for the 'Pickle Penning Challenge' where we had to write our wishlist...not sooo easy ;) I used Holly's kit 'Twas the Night before Christmas'.

Hope you like my pages for today.....see ya all tomorrow!!

Fun

All of Irene Alexeeva's CT-members recieved a great Gift for Christmas..we could go shopping at NewLifeDream's shoppe and I bought three great kits. Above page is made with 'My First Noel' and it such a sweet kit....Sooo..thanks Irene and thanks Peggy...what a great present!!

I did a lot of shopping this last 'Black Friday' (sorry hubby..but I could not resist alllll those great sales and I am a happy girl now). This page is made with Karina's kit 'Xmas Warmth' ..really so great kit and I love the pictures I used. You see my oldest boy with our puppy(!).

I used 'Twas the Night before Christmas' by Holly Designs...so fun working with it!

A new kit by Natali Designs 'Merry and Bright'...it is reallllly awesome just like all her other kits...

I really love this kit of Cinnamon Designs...'Whispering Wishes'. I already had sooo much in my shopping bag..but I really wanted that little ribbon with text on it..hehe...could not resist it...It is a picture from my youngest son and me..few years ago...time flies!!

There still are kits that have nothing to do with Christmas or winter..just like Jofia's kit 'Straight from Heaven'...filled with papers and elements in soft colors...love it!

This page is made with Mag Designs's part 'Golden Spirit' of 'The 2009 Pickle Barrel vol. 3' and used a picture of my friend Aurelia.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my pages!! Please come back tomorrow for a new release of Irene Alexeeva and maybe some fun pages...

Merry Merry

Irene Alexeeva released a wonderful new kit today 'Merry Merry' and it is on sale now!! It is really very versatile and the red really pops out!! Here is my page with it!

I made this page for a journaling cahllenge. I used 'Halo' by Holly Designs and Jofia's Little Labeled Alpha. The page is about how guilty I feel about the death of my dog Quincy...maybe it is not true the way I see it..but this is how it still feels..and that hurts.

This layout is made with Kristen Rice' Earth kit. Few weeks after Quincy died, my parents' Golden Retriever Ashley died too...I made this page for her in loving memories! We miss her a lot....

Some pages...

Last days I have made some new pages..I think I can't stop at the moment. Last weeks I thought I lost my mojo but by doing all these challenges I found it back :)

For my birthday invitation I made this layout with Jofia's kit 'Summer Pleasure', available at SPD and the WA is from Natali Designs 'Playing with WA(9)Birthday' at SBG. Because of my birthday I will have a 'Birthday Sale'..August 28th - 31st my whole store will be 41% off (don't ask me how I got to the 41 please..lol).

This layout is made for the Cucumber Coconotion challenge at SPD. I used 'Little Pirates', 'Embellished Stitches' and 'Swayed by a Dream' all from MK Designs.

Last week I was RAK'ed by SussieM Designs with her new çlipping masks and kit 'Happy Island', available at SBG. I love how this page turned out..

This layout is made for the template challenge at SPD. I used 'Painted Dreams and Imaginitive Things' by Holly Designs.

I am a little late to post but 'Pretty Princess', the August collab of the Scrap-Dream Designers is in store..it looks great!!

That is it for now, thanks for looking!

Fun pages

This week I planned to scrap just for fun..well..scrapping is always fun but I mean..no designing, no CT work but just scrap those kits that I once bought but never had time to use. For inspiration I played several challenges at After Five Designs and Shabby Pickle Designs and that was great (and I earned some Gift Certificates with it which is great too). I will show you my pages of this week and will end with a few birthday-pages I did (for fun..lol).

There is a little story behind this kit. When it was released, last week, my friend Anja and me...we woke up at 5.00/5.30 to keep our eyes opened on Lily's blog. At release date she gives a few coupon codes for the first 5 girls to get the kit for free..and this time..we wanted to have luck too...but...it took hours for the kit came up in the shoppe and by that time, other girls used the coupons for other kits of Lily (what of course was not meant to be done)..so...after waiting for about 7 hours..lol...I bought it..but...hey..I was the first to buy ;) and later this page made it to GSO (Gallery Stand Out)
Kit: Summertime Cafe, Alpha: I love cookies..both by Lily Designs at A5D.

I made this page for a recipe challenge at A5D.
Kit: Boys Retreat, Alpha: Sewn Oldies, Heartframe: Bisou Bisou kit all by Catherine Designs, Alpha 'R': By the Sea collab between Lily Designs and Catherine Designs, Stitches: Scruffy Stitches by Amy Hutchinson

This layout is done for the Gherkin Hues challenge at SPD...make a monochrome color layout.
Kit: Joshi + The Kitchen both by MK Designs

This page is made for a scraplift challenge at SPD where I lifted Hanzana's page 'Ája'.
Kit"Teaparty in the Sky by Kasia Designs

This layout is made for the template challenge at A5D.
Kit: Earth Kit by Kristen Rice/K-studio, some presets vol. 5 by Choukette

This layout is made for the Pickle Phont (font) challenge at SPD.
Kit: Sail me to the Moon by Kasia Designs, font: Hawaii lover

This layout is made for the August Mixer Challenge at A5D, scrap a picture of your pet..no problem here...
Kit: Amarantine by Kristen Rice/K-studio

This layout is done for the 'on the house'- freebie-challenge at A5D.
Kit: Freebie Cute-a-tude by Cinnamon Designs, some presets by Choukette.

No challenge for this layout..just only fun..pictures of my in Italy, June 2009.
Kit: Sweet Escape, the DAM-kit by Holly Designs, Mask: J-café

For this page I used 'Birthday Wishes' by Jofia Defoe at SPD

This is the invitation for my son's birthday party, July 19th.
Kit: Little Pirate by MK Designs at SPD.

That is it for today :) Hope you liked it!!

Happy Birthday Pascal

Oh..I was soo busy last days...had to make a birthday invitation (I used 'Birthday Wish' by Jofia/Holly Designs) and do all shoppings for it because we celebrated my youngest son's birthday today. Next Wednesday he will be six but we had his party today...he was sooo spoiled..and I really love it because that is what your memories of childhood-birthday's will be...being spoiled for one hole day..don't we all love that! Well..I spoiled myself a little by celebrating DSD..I bought the 'Pele Mele, memorieboard-kit' and the 'Sewn Oldies alpha' of Catherine Designs at Afterfive Designs. Her designs are amazing and her CT is one my dream teams ;)

Please hop all over to the Weeds and Wildflowers-blog because the Site CT is giving away 6 quickpages made with Gina's new kit 'Just Earthy' and one of those pages is mine...

Faith True released her new kit 'Fields of Happy'and I made one page with it, using little Julia's picture...

Well..it was a long busy day today...I am off to bed now and will be updating here tomorrow somewhere...happy NSD and see you tomorrow!

Toooooooot...I am Published

Yeahhh...above layout page is Published in October's Issue of 'Artisan Notebook'. It was published in an item about blendingtechniques. Can't tell you how proud I am to see my page there!!

Since last week I am in Juno Designs'CT..she is Dutch, very talented and fun and I really love her designs. I made above page with her wonderful kit 'Rainbow Punch' which is collab with Valorie Brown.

Jill (of Juno Designs) teamed up with Nikky Scott (I am ct'ing for her too..lol) and they made a great fun kit 'Beyond the Sea'. I used pictures of my son, playing in the swimmingpool during our stay in Italy!

This is my third page for Jill's team and I used her gorgeous kit 'Another Sunny Day'. I thought the colors of the picture really would fit great with the kit but later on they pointed me on the snow and summer flowers..strange combination..but still..love it!

A picture of me with my oldest son...I always loved this picture and finally found a moment to scrap it! I used MK Designs' 'September Grabbag'.

My Guest CT at MK Designs ended and this was the last page I did for her. It is my oldest son and our dog Daisy, just 9 weeks old. I used MK Designs'kit 'Wauff' for it and love how it turned out! A cool page!! There is also a cute cat in this kit..you should really take a look! And guess what...Marlies is having a huge sales this weekend!!

Gina Marie Huff at Weeds and Wildflowers released her wonderfall new kit 'Kickin' Up The Leaves'. It is huge, wonderful, colorful and filled with gorgeous elements and papers! I scrapped a picture of my boys..almost 2 years ago! I just realized that they grow up sooo fast now!

This layout has been made for the '3-things-challenge' I am playing at the W&W-blog. The challenge? Well..create a layout with 2 frames, leaves and some blending..not a big deal..everyone can do that! I used pictures of my hubby with our oldest dog Quincy...don't they look great together!

This layout has been made for a scraplift challenge at Shabbypickledesigns. I used Holly Designs new kit 'Portland'. I used a picture of my youngest son. He looks so happy on the picture..can you believe that I took this picture just after we left 'first aid' as he had an accident in the swimmingpool and his chin has been stitched by the gorgeous Italian doctor Alessandro, who might have been a doctor from ER with his looks..lol.

In October I will be Guest at Faith True's CT. I made my first page for her and used 'Belly Pop Pregnancy Collab' by Faith True and Tara Dunstan! During my first pregnancy I only made this picture of my belly, I had totally forgotten to do it before and I had already had contrations as we rushed to take this picture.

For my CT of Nikky Scott I made 2 pages with her kit 'Space Ranger'..it turned out to be real fun layouts! Both layouts are made with pictures of Disney, Paris...we went to 'Buzz Lightyear' over there and did some lasershooting...funnnn!!

Thanks for looking again..hope you liked my pages and hope to show you many more next time!!