Roses in a Garden Watering Can

Hello everyone!

I want to show a new card that I made with the colours from the Colourq challenge: calypso coral, coastal cabana, blushing bride, poppy parade, white.
Finding just the right green-blue colour wasn´t easy, but I think it turned out very well. I stamped the chevron and the word "Liefs" what means: with love.
The button is an old one, earlier they used those buttons on pillowcases. I found this one in the button box of my mother.
For the Duymelot challenge I used ribbon, pearls and buttons.

I enter this card at the following challenges:
Colourq colour challenge - #290
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Challenge May 2015 (31/5)
Sparkle and Shine Challenge Photo Inspiration
Stamping Sensations Flower Power (3/6)
The Shabby Tearoom week  #251 Pretty in Pink
Cards in envy - When nature calls
Word Art Wednedsay - #182
Brown sugar challenge - #145 Layers
Creative Corner Challenge - Pink Galore
Kitty Bee designs Aloha Friday Challenge - #47 In the garden (21/5)
Sister Act Challenge - #105 AG
Simply Create too - favourite colour combo
Craftyribbon - AG with ribbon
D.L. Art - May challenge (31/5)
Little Miss Muffet - #111 Many Layers
Scrap-Craft Inspiration - #8 Lace and Pearls
The paper shelter - #202 Lace
Penny's paper - #226 AG
Ruby's rainbow #103 AG
Kraftin'Kimmie Stamps - AG
Clear it out - AG
Deep Ocean Challenge - #103 Flowers
Loves Rubber Stamps - #150 AG
Papertake Weekly - May AG
Duymelot - Bingo (29/5)
fussy and fancy friday - lots of flowers





Have a nice weekend!

Coby

Butterflies and lace

Hello everyone,

Today I show you a card with lace and butterflies. First I embossed some cardstock with a chevron stencil and I cut it with a scallop die of Nellie Snellen.
I cut three butterflies out of patterned paper and three out of an old book. I layered them on the scalloped circles.  The swirl is from Marianne Design.

I enter this card at the following challenges:
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/05/anything-goes-challenge-time.html
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/04/29-butterflies.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.nl/2015/05/anything-goes.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/05/challenge-104.html
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.nl/2015/05/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-may.html
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-181-anythying-goesfamily.html

Have a nice day!

Coby

Ship 175

Hello everyone,

I want to show you a card with a nautical theme. I made this card for Hendrik K. te Z. in the Netherlands. Congratulations, Hendrik! Have a nice day!

The ship and rope stamps are from Viva Decor (My Paper World). I love their stamps. The sentiment stamp is from Eline (Marianne Design). The anchor die is from Joy Crafts.
The number stamp is from a set I bought at the Action. That is a large discount shop here in the Netherlands.

I enter this card at the following challenges:
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.nl/2015/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html
http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.nl/2015/04/new-dt-members-and-challenge-08-using.html
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.nl/2015/04/we-love-to-stamp.html
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-57.html
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-259-always-anything-goes.html
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/ltscb-51-winners-dt-favorites.html
http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/vintage.html
http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.nl/2015/04/april-challenge-anything-goes.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/monday-challenge-anything-goes/
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-180-anything-goesfamily.html
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/04/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe296.html

Hmm, I discovered the "Anything Goes" challenges.

Bye, bye
Coby

Girl with hat

Hello everyone!

The card I want to show you now is quite similar to the one I posted a couple of days ago. It has the same layout and I used the same dies. The colours are very diferent, so the card has a total different look.

I enter this card at the following challenges:
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-103.html
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-141-anything-goes.html
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-180-anything-goesfamily.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-84-pretty-woman.html
http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-152-flowers.html
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.nl/2015/04/challenge-16-girls-girls-girls.html
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/challenge-66-anything-goesspring-or.html

Greetz,
Coby

Sweet little girl with a sweet little chicken

hello everyone,

I searched on Pinterest for a nice image to use on a card and I found this one. Isn't it a cutie? I used two
dies of Marianne Design: the swirl LR0271 and the birds LR0290, that I cut in half.

I enter this card at the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Cuttle Bug Mania - Button up
Pinspirational - Anything goes
Let's craft and create - seasonal flowers
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned paper challenge - anything goes

I hope you like it.
Coby

Vogel op tak

Hallo,

Helaas heb je soms een condeleance kaart te versturen. Ik vind het lastig om een goede kaart te maken, het is gauw te vrolijk. Uiteindelijk is dit het geworden vanavond, ik zou zeggen, simpeler kan het (bijna) niet.
Er zou nog wel iets van tekst op kunnen, maar ik heb geen stempels met "sterkte" of iets dergelijks, en de gestanste letters die ik heb, vind ik te groot. Daarom schrijf ik iets binnenin.
De kaart is niet voor een challenge (bijv. CAS), dat vind ik niet correct tegenover de ontvangers.

Groetjes,
Coby

Stuur eens een kaartje naar.......

Amber.

Lees hier of hier het verhaal over de 15 jarige Amber die botkanker heeft en in het UMCG in Groningen ligt.
Voor haar is een kaartenactie gestart.

In plaats van een kaartje naar Sikkom in Groningen, kun je ook een kaartje sturen naar haar huisadres:

Amber Weites
Asterstraat 15
7531 ZS Enschede

Ik hoop dat ze veel kaarten krijgt!!

groeten,
Coby

lift challenge

hallo iedereen,

ik ga heel snel mijn kaart voor lift challenge plaatsen, later schrijf ik hier meer bij.

Het leuke van challenges is (vind ik) dat je kaarten maakt, die je normaal gesproken niet zo snel zou maken. Dit is er zo één. Ik vond deze heel erg leuk om te doen. Op het eerste gezicht leek de te liften kaart heel erg makkelijk, maar des te langer ik keek, des te meer details ik zag. Er kwam meer bij kijken dan ik eerst dacht. Ik vind hem erg geslaagd. Jullie ook?

Nog een paar details:

Dit was de te liften kaart:

link naar de challenge: http://liftchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/03/liftchallenge-84.html


groetjes,
Coby

Elemental Inspiration for April

Hello!

I love this sketch from Daring Cardmakers.
It was great fun to make this card. I made the flower from tissuepaper and a die from Marianne Design.

Photo inspiration from the Daring Cardmakers challenge:

and the sketch:

I hope you like my card!

Coby

Don en Daisy challenge 22

Hallo iedereen,

Op de valreep plaats ik hier mijn kaart voor de challenge van Don en Daisy met als thema: Lente.

Ooit zat er in de Hobby Handig een knipvel van Daisy. Ik had het nummer van de bibliotheek en omdat ik vind dat je knipvellen niet uit een bibliotheek-exemplaar moet halen, heb ik het gekopieerd.

Ik heb één van de plaatjes uitgeknipt en dit is mijn kaart geworden:

Link naar de challenge: http://www.donendaisy.blogspot.nl/2015/03/challenge-22.html

Groetjes,
Coby

Stripes!

Hello everyone,

It is already after midnight here in the Netherlands. I am going to post my card for the Daring Cardmakers Challenge. The theme was: Signature style. The first time I saw the title, I didn't know what that meant. But I liked it!
The DT of Daring Cardmakers would like us to visit the blog of Nat and getting inspired by her style.
I saw a lot of horizontal stripes and chipboards. So I searched in my stash for patterned paper with stripes and this is the card I made. I had never thought of using this striped paper in a horizontal way. By the way: the flower paper is the other side of the blue striped paper. They match very well.
(I left the label blank, so I can later decide what sentiment I want to use.)

Link to the challenge: http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.nl/2015/03/inspired-by-nat-signature-style.html

I hope you like my card. Thank for visiting my blog!

Coby

Butterflies in the corner!

Hello everyone,

Another card on this evening.

I've pondered a while about this theme: butterflies and corner. What kind of card would I make?
And I made this:

The suggestion is made that the front of the card is folded, but it is not. I just glued a piece of patterned paper on the front. The edges are distressed with Ranger Faded jeans. I clipped the butterflies out of patterned paper.
I left the label blank, so I can later decide what sentiment I want to use.
I like the Butterfly challenge, so I hope to join a next time!

Link: http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.nl/2015/03/27-butterflies-c-is-for-corners.html
greetings,
Coby

Sealife

Hallo iedereen,

Deze kaart heb ik gemaakt met de stempel  Seaside van Scrapberry's. Ik hou echt van kaarten met een zee-thema. Ze zijn zeer geschikt als mannenkaarten, omdat ze vaak een stoere uitstraling hebben. Nou heeft deze kaart niet direct zo'n stoere uitstraling; ik vind het heerlijk om hem te maken. De vissen en het anker en daarachter whatever-that-is, heb ik gemaakt met een sjabloon van de Action. De blauw-groene achtergrond heb ik gemaakt met patroonpapier en acrylverf.

I made this card with the stamp SEASIDE from Scrapberry's. I really love cards with a sea theme. They are very suitable as cards for men, because they have a cool image. This card may be not so cool, but I did like to make it. The fish and the anchor and what behind that, whatever that is, is made with a stencil from the discount shop Action. I've made the blue green background with tissue sewing paper and acrylic paint. 

Deze kaart doet mee met de challenges bij:
I am entering this card at:
http://www.de-egel.blogspot.nl/2015/03/maart-challenge-3.html  Dieren
The male room:
http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.nl/2015/03/dt-call-and-challenge-06-theme-under.html
Cardz 4 Guyz:
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.nl/2015/03/challenge-64-something-beginning-with-s.html


Coby

Spring!

Hello!

I made this card for the My Favorite Things Challenge. They had a nice sketch.
I stencilled the strip of paper on the right side with acylic paint and a mask of Prima Marketing. I mixed blue and yellow paint and made nuances by adding more blue or yellow to the mixture.

Link to the challenge: http://www.cardchallenges.com/2015/03/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-220.html

Bye,
Coby

Sailing

Hello everybody,

It took me some time to figure out what kind of card I should make with the SEASIDE stamps from Scrapberry's. And yes, I had some inspiration from Pinterest. But it was fun to make this card.
The woodpanels are from scrapbookpaper that I disstressed with Ranger Vintage photo.

I enter this card at:

Cardz 4 guyz - sailing
Frilly and Funkie - It's time for vacation
Red Rubber Inspirationals - For the boys

I hope you like it.

bye, Coby