Time For An Update!

Hi all, hope you're well!! I've been very busy these last few months, setting up house and looking after my family, including two of the loveliest, cutest stepdaughters there ever were and the sweetest guy in the world, that I haven't really had time for an update. I have had time to make some cards and stuff, because my stepdaughters luuuuuurve to craft, and it's one of the things we enjoy doing together :D

I honestly couldn't tell you what materials and Copic colours I used, I'll try to do better next time...

Thank you for stopping by, hope to be back again soon with some more crafties!

Hugs,

Erica

Babies Babies Babies!!

Hi Everybody, hope you're all well and have been enjoying an Indian Summer! Nearly October now so time to make a start on those Christmas cards, or, in my case, on a few more of these baby boxes... My colleagues are still producing kids at an alarming rate, three recently became parents to two gorgeous girls and a boy, and now four more are pregnant! I can't keep up anymore, better start buying these boxes in bulk ;o)

 

 

Ingredients:
Paper: Maja Design and KI Memories; Bazzill Basics cardstock white and kraft
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearls swirls and pearls; QuicKutz and Doodlebug rub-ons
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle, Classic Heart and Scalloped Heart; Kars butterfly punch; Fiskars border punch; QuicKutz alphabets; Xenos tea boxes

 

That's all from me for now, hope to see you again soon. Thank you for stopping by!

 

Hugs,

Erica

Made With All My Love

Hi folks! It's been ages again, I know! Been very busy with this and that and not done a lot of crafting, but I think the crafty bug is coming back! It better, seeing as no sooner has one of my colleagues given birth than another one announces she's pregnant, it's the weirdest thing!

Anyway, made this card for a very special colleague, she's had some bad news recently and needs to know we're thinking of her.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Magnolia; Sentiment by Nicole Verkooijen
Paper: Elzybells Arts Stamps kraft cardstock; Maja Design Vintage Summer papers
Embellishments: Melissa Frances pearls; Zva Creative pearl swirls
Tools: QuicKutz star die; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Marianne Design frond; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen;
Chalk; Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate ink
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (hair)
R85, R83, R81 (pinks)
Sorry, don't have the blues ;o)

Right, that's all from me, hope you're having a great summer, see you soon!

Hugs,
Erica

100% Girl

A colleague and his wife recently adopted their second Chinese girl. I made this booklet for the rest of us to write a wish in and will be giving it to my colleague as soon as he's back at work. I just adore the Mo Manning digi stamp of the Chinese girl, and you can never have enough pink, right? ;o) 

 I have since added the adoption date underneath her name.

Card Ingredients:

Stamp: Mo Manning digital stamp
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock pink, white
Embellishments: Bazzill Basics stickers; Zva Creative pearl swirls and pearls; Karen Foster scrapper´s floss; ribbon
Tools: My Favorite Things Dienamics grass, banners, photo corners, flowers & leaves, butterflies; QuicKutz alphabets; Magnolia Doohickey fence; ProvoCraft embossing folders
Copics: E55, E53, E51, E93 (skin, cheeks)
R85, R83, R81 (pinks)
C7, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1 (greys)

Well, that´s all from me, hope to be back soon so show you some more! It is, unfortunately, perfect crafting weather over here *LOL*. Thank you for stopping by and have a great week(end)!

Hugs,
Erica

Simply Sassy Sunday

Helloooo! Hope you're having a fantabulous Sunday and you didn't forget to put your clocks back one hour, it's lovely having a whole extra hour of weekend isn't it :D! For my card today I have used the scrumptious

Sundae Service

I wasn't at all happy with the last card I made with this beauty, so she's been used for a retry ;o). Also, I got the new set in the other day and let me tell you: more scrumptiousness is on the way!!! So start saving them pennies, thank goodness Christmas is coming up right ;o)

I have used lots of die-cuts on this card and little else, as the busy paper combined with the die-cuts and the flowers make for a pretty full card I think. Also, I'm not one for "throwing" everything I have at a card and see what sticks, some people carry that off brilliantly but I'm not blessed with that talent ;o).

Card Ingredients:
Stamp: Simply Sassy "Sundae Service"
Paper: Bazzill Basics and Elzybells Art Stamps cardstock; My Mind's Eye paper "Be Loved"
Embellishments: My Mind's Eye die-cut sheet; Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: Marianne Design frond; QuicKutz flowers
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)
BG15, BG13, BG11, BG10 (blues)
R29, R27 (reds)
R22, R21 (pinks)

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

Hugs,
Erica

And Another One...

It's Baby Boom Time at work, two more colleagues have just become proud first-time parents :D!

I've made this tin for the colleague who had a beautiful (and I do mean stunning!) little girl last week and last Saturday my other colleague gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl...that's going to be a bit more challenging, tin-wise ;o) so more on that at the weekend!

And this is not the last of it, another one of my colleagues is actually expecting her baby this week, her due date is Thursday...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, I am so sick of these tins! Hope you still enjoy them though :D!

Project Ingredients:

Paper: Bazzill Basics carstock kraft; Maja Designs design paper
Embellishments: Queen & Co pearls; ribbon; string; charm (inside booklet)
Tools: Tin; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Large; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch; QuicKutz alphabets Abigail and Snow Angel plus "baby" dies (inside booklet)

Right, that's all from me, off to watch Desperate Housewives and generally laze about ;o). Hope you have a great week, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Erica

A Baby Boy!

Remember how I told you I have about a gazillion pregnant colleagues? Well, one of them gave birth to a baby boy last month and here's what I made!

A little booklet so all 50 of us could write a funny, helpful or just congratulatory message to the proud parents ;o)

Now, September promises an influx of these tins, as three more colleagues are due to give birth. One of them to twins, a boy and a girl...any suggestions on how I'm going to solve that? ;o)

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink sentiments
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Maja Design design paper
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; CC Designs tin; string; charm
Tools: Marianne Design frond die; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle Large and Scalloped Circle Large; QuicKutz alphabets Studio and Abigail, shape dies; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch

Right, that's all from me, thank you for stopping by and see you soon with a new Pink Ink challenge!

Hugs,
Erica

Love...

Hiya!! Wow I've been saying that a lot this past week, having been on vacation in England. Made me realise how much I do miss it (I used to live there) and I've promised myself to take at least one trip there every year from now on, no matter how short!

Anyway, onto my card, it is Pink {Ink} Sketch Challenge time again and this time the absolutely fabulous sketch has been provided by Jeanette! Go check out the blog, it really is sooooo cute and the DT have made some extraordinary cards with it!

This is...let's call her Katie, and she's waiting for her Prince Charming. He's a little clueless though, she's been dropping so many hints! Will he get this one? To be continued...

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Pion design paper
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearl swirls; Wild Orchid Crafts flowers; Rayher butterflies
Tools: QuicKutz Antique Flourish swirl; Magnolia Doohickey flower; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle large; Ranger Distress Ink Weathered Wood

Copics:

E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, Y53, Y50 (hair)
W7, W5, W3, W2, W1 (greys)

Right, that is all I wrote, I'll be back on Sunday with my Simply Sassy card and some holiday pics to show you :D! Thank you for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Erica

Simply Sassy Sunday!

*Edited to add*:

On my blog the winner of one surprise Simply Sassy stamp is:

Kimberly

Congrats Kimberly! Please mail me your addy at
erica_everaers@hotmail.com!

Thank you all for your lovely comments, hope you enjoyed our hop!

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Hi there peeps, hope you enjoyed our hop yesterday, isn't the new release FANTASTIC?!?! If you haven't hopped along yet, you can find all the info in the post below this one. There's a chance to win a surprise Sassy stamp from the new release and also, Mark over at FUNKY KITS has a special price for the whole set, only for this weekend though, so hurry!

Today I'm showing you a stair step card, it's almost an exact replica of a card I did for Cards Only, a Dutch magazine, but I loved it so much that I wanted to make another one...silly isn't it, how sometimes you can fall in love with your own cards ;o)

I have used only cardstock to make this card, kind of making me wonder why I have stacks and stacks of design papers in my craft room when this will do just as well...ah well, we like all things pretty don't we ;o). The wonderful Butterfly Girl stamp from the new release goes really well with the cardstock butterflies, and of course it had to be a pink card with such a girly stamp ;o)

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Butterfly Girl"; sentiment by Whiff of Joy

Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock pink
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folders; My Favorite Things Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass, Butterflies; Magnolia Doohickeys Foliage; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen; EK Success Retro Flower punch small; Martha Stewart Picket Fence punch; QuicKutz Antique Flourishes die
Copics:
E00, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)
R85, R83, R81 (pinks)

Well that's all from me for now, I'm off to enjoy some sunshine! Oh wait...it's raining again, guess I'll go craft some more ;o).
Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Hugs,
Erica

Simply Sassy Sunday

Hi crafty friends, hope you're not having the same horrible weather we've been having here all week, it's been raining the proverbial cats and dogs :-(. Never mind, hopefully summer will return soon and in the meantime: more time for card-making!

It's that time of the week again: Simply Sassy time! Today I've made a heart-shaped card, I love making easel cards and especially the ones with unusual shapes. I've pulled out one of my all-time favourite Sassy girls (I say that every week don't I... ;o)) and made this cute little card with her. My cards are usually 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6") so it was a challenge to get everything onto this tiny card, I tell ya!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy stamp "Fashionista"; sentiment by Papertrey Ink
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Kaisercraft design paper "English Rose"
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; Rayher butterflies; brad
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Heart and Scalloped Heart; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Marianne Design Decorative Elegance frond die; QuicKutz label
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
E44, E43, E42 (hair)
R00, RV10 (pinks)
YG63 (green)

Just one more thing to tell you: there's a Sweet Sassy Saturday stamp giveaway on the Simply Sassy blog, you can find it -->HERE<-- !

Have a great Sunday, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Erica

Let Me Introduce You To...

...these delightful Magnolia chickies! A little over a month ago I gave a workshop at the fifth Magnolia Event, organised bi-annually by Paper & Pictures in Doorn, the Netherlands. I was asked months before the event to come up with a project and here's what I made. This is not entirely how the workshop album looked, but it's my draft version ;o).

The pages are pockets and all the left-hand side pages have a pocket on them too. There are no sentiments yet as I'm not sure what I want to use it for...I might even keep it myself ;o)

Meet Lovely Letitia, who literally carries her heart on her sleeve! She falls in and out of love so quickly and gives her heart to every boy she fancies, but none of them are ever "The One"... Ah well, Letitia figures that she'll meet him some day and until then she'll have lots of fun flirting with all the boys in the village!

Letitia's best friend is Shy Sue. They do say opposites attract don't they, well in this case that's soooo true! If a boy even so much as glances sideways at Sue she blushes red like a beetroot and hides behind her hat. She got these flowers from Silly Sam, the boy-next-door who really likes her but is just as shy as she is...will this story ever get a happy ending?

Have you met Berry Betty? She spends her summer holidays picking berries for Farmer Fred and, whilst doing so, eating tons of them as well! She's a little worried that her tongue is now permanently purple and there are so many berries in her tummy it looks like a lumpy mattress, but still she won't stop eating them...hope she doesn't get a tummy ache ;o)

This is Billie Butterfly, who likes nothing better than to chase butterflies round the garden all day. When she catches one it goes into her beautiful butterfly sanctuary where it can feast on flower pollen and rotting fruit (yeugh!) and be safe from Billie's cat, Mr Whiskers, who doesn't understand why he can't reach these delicious snacks...

Anxious Amber is the modern-day, much less heroic version of Little Red Riding Hood. She also has a grandmother who lives in the woods but instead of a big bad wolf to be afraid of Amber is afraid of, well, everything! The cute little deer, the charming birds, the naughty squirrels and prickly hedgehogs...everything! That bunch of flowers she's holding? Not for her grandmother but to defend herself with, if ever an animal should come too close (most of them are used to her quirky ways and stay well away but those naughty squirrels do like teasing her...) she bashes them over the head with the flowers and runs screaming to grandma's house...silly Amber ;o)

Little Bonnie has new purple boots and a new purple hat and she loves them! They're only supposed to be worn on special occasions though, her mum's told her, so now every day Bonnie tries to think up a special occasion so she can wear her fab boots and hat! Did you know, for example, that World Writer's Day is coming up? As well as International Youth Day and International Lefthanders Day? Bonnie has been trying to teach herself to write left-handed and as she is clearly "youth", that's three special occasions, yay!

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock white; Maja Design design paper "Fika"
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; Papertrey Ink ribbon
Tools: EK Success Retro Flower punches; Fiskars border punch; QuicKutz Antique Flourishes die; Magnolia Doohickey; Needle and thread
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, E50, E53 (hair)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (hair, clothes)
V95, V93, V91 (clothes)


That's all from me for now, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Hugs,
Erica

Simply Sassy Sunday!

Hello everybody, how are you enjoying your weekend so far? Mine is great, I'm visiting my family "down south" (hahaha, not a very big country but still four hours by train :o)) and we're celebrating some birthdays (my sister and nephew) so it's not a good weekend for dieting, let me put it that way...

Today I have this monochromatic card to share with you. You know how sometimes you don't know which design paper to choose? I'm tellin' you, there's no such thing as too much stash but it can get overwhelming can't it ;o) Well, then just grab some cardstock and use your embossing folders to create your own design!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy stamp "Luv a Latte"; Stempelglede background stamp
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders; QuicKutz Antique Flourishes REV-0024; My Favorite Things Die-namics Butterflies; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Martha Stewart border punch; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen

Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
G21 (shirt, eyes, legwarmers)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (everything else)
W1 (shading)

Hope you likey, I'm off to celebrate some more, see you soon!

Hugs,

Erica

Hey Baby!

Hi, hope you're all having a lovely day and enjoying some much-needed sunshine!

Today I want to share this little project with you, it's something I made recently for a colleague who gave birth to a little girl. She's the first of six pregnant colleagues to actually have her baby so be prepared in months to come for more of these little projects ;o).

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Bitty Baby Blessings and Favor It Baby sentiments
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Maja Design design paper "Mina Vänner"
Tools: QuicKutz shape and alphabet dies; EK Success retro flower punches; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles
Other: ribbon; charm; tin; adhesive pearls


That's all from me for now, thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs,
Erica

Something Different

Hi everyone, hope you're having a great day and enjoying sunshine wherever you are! Today I have a Lili of the Valley card to share with you! Have you seen the latest batch of totally gorgeous girlie stamps? They have just gone on sale, you can find them -->HERE<-- and I think I must have them all :D! Ooooh new stamps always make me so greedy! Mind you, the old ones do as well...;o)

Anyway, onto my card, I've tried something a little different this time, rather than my usual assortment of layers I've kept this one fairly clean and simple and I'm quite pleased with the result :D. I'm entering this card into the 100th Lili of the Valley Challenge with a couple of hours to spare...I do work best under pressure!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley "Dandelion Clock"; sentiment by My Favorite Things
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Pion design paper
Embellishments: Papertrey Ink Ribbon; Wild Orchid Crafts flowers; Queen & Co pearls
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle Large and Scalloped Circle Large; QuicKutz label die; chalks
Copics: E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks); R20, R21 (clothes); E44, E43, E42, E41 (hair, shoes); YG63, G21 (grass, stems); T0, T2, T4 (wings, dandelion clocks)

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

Hugs,
Erica