With Love

For Mother's Day this year I decided to make something a little special, to show my mum how much I appreciate her and love her for always being there for me :D. I made a picnic basket with a matching card, don't know what I'm going to fill the basket with yet but probably something chocolatey and yummy ;o)



Materials used:
CC Designs stamp, Papertrey Ink sentiment, ribbon and template, BoBunny paper, EK Success retro flower punches, Zva Creative pearls, McGill leaf punch, brads

I received this lovely Sunshine Award from Willy the other day, thank you so much Willy, it's beautiful! I'm supposed to pass this on to 12 people but as everybody already seems to have it...I won't ;o)

Having finally put away my winter clothes I'm off now to get them back out of the attic, it's freezing again over here! Hope the weather is better where you are, have a lovely week and thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Erica

Happy Birthday To Me, A Card And An Award :D

It was my birthday last Saturday, I turned 39...so from now on I'll start counting down, next year I'll be 38 again and so on until I reach an age I can live with :-p Seriously though, I had a lovely day at the craft fair, bought some great goodies and got spoiled the night before as well by my family (I live 200 km away from them, so on my rare visits I always get spoiled ;o)).

I will be posting some blog candy in the next week or so, a belated birthday candy and also for 75,000 hits on my blog, so watch this space!

Made this card for the new challenge over on Double Dutch Challenges, which is a sketch :D. Can't remember who the paper is by (it's my age you see, the memory is the first thing to go ;o)) but the stamp is by Sugar Nellie and the flowers were of course made with EK Success Retro Flower punches :D!

Also got an award from Janneke, thanks Janneke :D! It's another "revealing" award, so here goes:

The rules are:
I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.

Where is your cell phone? Recharging on the kitchen counter
Your hair? Red
Your mother? Nel
Your father? Wim
Your favorite food? Mexican
Your dream last night? I had one, just can't remember it
Your favorite drink? Dry white wine
Your dream/goal? To be happy
What room are you in? Living room
Your hobby? Crafting
Your fear? Mice
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Not where I am now
Where were you last night? At a friend's house
Something that you aren’t? Stick thin ;o)
Wish list item? Car
Where did you grow up? Rotterdam
Last thing you did? Cook dinner
What are you wearing? Sweats
Your TV? NCIS
Your pets? Minou and Kyra, my cats
Friends? To be treasured
Your life? I'm content
Your mood? Right now? Good
Missing someone? Yes
Vehicle? My multicoloured bike ;o)
Something you are not wearing? Earrings
Your favourite store? All craft stores
Your favourite colour? Red
When was the last time you laughed? Today
Last time you cried? Last night
Your best friend? Monique
One place that I go to over and over? Work...and my craft room ;o)
Facebook? No
Favourite place to eat? El Pacho

Phew, that wasn't too much "soul searching" ;o) Didn't stick to one-word answers though...it's been confirmed, I talk too much! Anyway, I'm passing this award on to the Double Dutch DT, come and get it girls :D!

That's all she wrote :D, thank you for stopping by and your much appreciated comments, see you soon!

Hugs,
Erica

One Card And One Award :D

I've been very busy this week, but with some things that I can't show you yet...don't you just hate it when people say that ;o), but it's my explanation for why I only have one card to show you this week! It's my example for the new challenge over on Double Dutch, which is a sketch :D.

I've used a lovely Whiff Of Joy stamp (the sponsor of the challenge, by the way!), a Daisy Bucket sentiment, Dream Street papers and Daisy D's flowers and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.


Also got this lovely award from Femke, thank you Femke!

I will be back sometime next week and will hopefully be able to show you what I've been working on then ;o). Have a good one!

Be Mine, Valentine!

Good news and bad news this week...I'll start with the bad: I was told that my contract isn't going to be renewed and I'll be out of a job from 1 March :o(. So I'll be jobhunting again, please keep your fingers crossed! The good news is that the blood test came back clean, it was just a reallllly prolonged tummy virus after all, thank goodness!

Anyway, it's raining Valentine challenges this week, an excuse for me to get my Basic Grey Bittersweet papers out again (yes yes, I can hear you groaning, but it's just too delish :D) and get into the Valentine mood :D. Unfortunately I only had time for two challenges, here they are.

I made this cute box for the Sugarbowl challenge, which is Love & Romance :D. The box was originally filled with instant soup packets and I took it apart, made it a little larger and tada :D! Aren't us crafters resourceful ;o) I'm going to fill the box with heart-shaped chocolates and give it to this guy I like (well, in my dreams I will, because in real life I don't have the nerve!)

And here's one I made for the Basic Grey Challenge, which was a sketch and also: my first Valentine card! Hmmm, who shall I send it to....;o)

Materials used:
Sugar Nellie stamp, Hero Arts sentiment, Basic Grey Bittersweet paper, Prima flowers, spacers, brads, buttons, ribbon

Hänglar&Stänglar stamp, Whiff of Joy sentiment, Basic Grey Bittersweet paper, Prima flowers, brads

I also received some awards from Sandra and Anita, thank you so much girls!

And finally I was challenged to a photo challenge by Marjolein and Moon :D. I had to open the sixth folder in My Pictures and choose the sixth photo and tell you something about it. Well, my computer crashed last year so I only have one folder now, and in it were these two cuties: my cats Minou and Kyra :D. Last summer they made a lovely, cool, comfortable bed in my washing basket. They could look out the window and bird-watch and they've been bugging me all winter to make their washing-basket-bed! ;o)

That's all she wrote for now, back to work tomorrow! I'm going to enjoy the last four weeks with this company to the fullest ;o). Thanks for stopping by, until next time!

Drumroll...please ;o)

I've finally finished one Christmas card, woohoo! I have another ten upstairs, but they still need embellishments and text...just can't get into the Christmas card mood this year and will probably end up buying a lot...shame on me :o( I'll do better next year, what with all the gorgeous stamps and paper I've been buying, just not using :D!

Anyway, here it is, isn't this just the cutest stamp!

Also made an envelope card, spotted on this blog. Their DT cards are fab-u-lous!

And here's some more, I have been busy :D

Meet Sassy Sandra, she's the hippest chick in the woods! She lives in the middle of nowhere with her mum, dad and two brothers, so she has to make do with fashion magazines that are a couple of months old before they finally come through the letterbox (did I mention middle of nowhere? It really is...), no TV (the horror!) and certainly no make-up, nightclubs or any of the other things that most teenagers take for granted. On the plus side, there's also no school nearby, so she and her brothers are home-schooled ;o). Anyway, Sandra tries to emulate the clothes from her magazines as much as she can, and has taken to dying her old ones with dies she can make from plants and things which she finds in the woods. I think she's doing pretty well, and might be the next big thing (you heard it here first!) If she ever gets out of Nowhereville, that is ;o)

Say hi to Applebrown Betty! She has a lovely garden full of apple trees, and some nice neighbours who bring her their apples as well, because they know how much she loves to bake! Well, truth be known, Betty is all baked out...she's made applepie, apple turnover, apple sauce, apple crumble, apple upside down cake, apple bread, caramel apples, apple cookies, apple brownies and of course applebrown betty! If she ever lays eyes on another apple ever again, she's going to scream! She'll just have to invite her neighbours over for a bite to eat and explain to them that they'll have to do their own baking from now on ;o)

Materials used:
Whiff of Joy stamp, Sugar Nellie sentiment, Little Yellow Bicycle paper, Prima flowers, Joy! Crafts pearls

Whiff of Joy stamps, High Hopes and Aud Design sentiments, Chatterbox paper, Daisy D's flowers, pin, brads, ribbon

Magnolia stamp, Hero Arts sentiment, October Afternoon paper, Prima flower, Joy! Crafts pearls, pin, ribbon, button

Sugar Nellie stamp, Stamping Bella sentiment, Bo Bunny paper, Daisy D's flowers, brads

Magnolia stamps, CC Designs sentiment, Graphics45 paper, Bazzill flower, Joy! Crafts pearls, button, pin, ribbon

I received this lovely award from Femke and Emilie (thanks girls!) with the following text:

The rules for this award are....This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind blogger's aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight blogger's who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.



Now, I would like to give this award to each and every one of you who visits my blog! The blog world is such a friendly, warm place with such lovely, creative people that I just want to give you all a big hug and thank you and say: please, take this award, you've earned it!



On a more serious note ;o), I promise promise promise to post my blog candy this weekend! It's actually sitting here (and it's yummy, I can tell ya!), but it's too dark when I get home from work (and when I leave for work, for that matter) to take a picture of it...so we'll just make it for 51.000 hits then shall we ;o)


Thank you for stopping by, see you soon!

Rock an' Roll!

Carmen, Daan and Sandra nominated me as Rockin' Girl Blogger, thanks girls ;-). That means I get to nominate five of my favorite blogs, here they come:

Muhrenssida - Linda

Blogabella - Emily

Small World - Mo

Love to Scrap a Card - Christa

Cards by Boop - Malin

Just click on the picture and save it, then use it on your own blog :D!