Blogcandy...and the winner is.....(drumrole) Sanne

I'm giving away this blogcandy to one lucky winner! I've hit over 5000 hits on my visitor list and this is my way of saying thanks for all the visits and wonderful comments!

And the winner is Sanne...Please email me your adress and I will send you the candy!



What do you have to do.....
1. well just leave a comment on this post
2. and become a follower to my blog.. That's it! You have until May 5th to enter..

Good luck to you!

xx Merel

Staralbum Mothersday gift

I always wanted to make a staralbum but somehow never did. Upcomming mothersday seemed like a wonderful excuse to make one.

Since I was going to use old pictures of my mom, I decided to go vintage... So I used a lot of ink, embossing powder (love that gold UTE).

On the final page I wrote a little mothersday rime that we used to recite as kids (still do every year!)

I hope she won't check out my blog for the next week, but I think that's pretty safe!

Thanks for looking!

Merel

Memories

I finally landed back on earth yesterday evening after a 8 day migraine!!!! I was bloghopping a bit when I came across this wonderful new blog A vintage affair . Here's my take on the april challenge.. I used (read stole) an old picture of my mom when she was a little girl..



I used webster's pages design paper on this lay out... Some prima flowers and dried branch thingie.. The pearls are by melissa francis, quote mme, thickers alphabet. clock by little yellow bicycle, key by tim holz, I added some crackle accents on the title and butterfly.

Thanks for a great challenge Ruth!

Have a great weekend!

Merel

Clip it up and a cute box

I finaly got around to making my own clip it up... Done in 5 minutes and it's so easy... I just hung up the new stuff now and will add more later on...



I also came across this cute little box on the country heart and home blog.. I couldn't resist making it...



Thanks for looking!

xx Merel

I've been bad!!!

Anne and I went to the re-opening of a dutch scrapbook store today, papers and pictures in Doorn.

There were a ton of people..and sooooo many goodies... The Prima section was amazing!!! I finally found my graphic 45 papers, prima flowers, bling and I got a can of prima flowers for free (which means that I spend way too much money!)

Take a look...





enough to play with for a while!

Have a great rest of the weekend!

xx Merel

Is mommy a paparazi?

My youngest ds is sooo sick of me taking his picture.. I swear he thinks I'm the paparazi!

Every now and then I manage to get in a good shot of him though... I love the naughty look in his eye....




For this lay out I used papertrunk designpapers, the Batik line, the branch is from prima, flowers are from prima (thank you Ingvilld) The border punch is a storebrand, key by tim Holz, the bird os from sizzic and embossed three times to give it an aged look, cinnamon stickles from ranger, Prima swirl stamp, UTEE gold ebosspowder, ranger brown distress powder, ranger black sparkle distress powder..

Thanks for looking....

Merel

WHOOHOOO!

Look at the wonderful price Ingvild send me.... she called it "a little something" I call it a truckload of supplies!!! LOL!

Make sure you check out Ingvild's Blog...



Merel

Stunten

My six year old, showing off his moves on his bike!

For this lay out I used the beautiful green and black "sublime" line from Kaiserkraft.

The handstitching took a while to finish but I love how it came out!





Thanks for looking!

Merel

Blog candy from Altered Geisha

Altered Geisha (a.k.a Ruth) is giving away a beautiful blogcandy! Be sure to check out her blog!



Have a fabulous sunday!

Merel

Villa volta

I had a little time to scrap today during nap time...

If you've ever been to the Efteling you probably know this guy! Villa Volta..scares me everytime!!
For people who don't know the Efteling.. The Efteling is an amusement parc in the Netherlands and Villa Volta is a ride that makes you think that you're upside down..when you're not!

On this particular trip I went with my friend Irene from Norway.. She's the loves the Efteling as much as I do, so we've been quite a few times!!

For this lay out I used graphic45 papers, the letters are by thickers, the bird is from sizzix, all the felt shapes are from prima. I used crackle accents on the watch and lettering..




Thanks for looking!