Get well

After having disappeared off the globe...
Not really, I was still around, but free time has been reduced to nothing. Where I used to be able to enjoy the odd day off and fill it with crafting and homework, now I have hardly any free time.
Work has become an ugly beast and demands all my time. At work, there have been big changes as the clinic manager has left and I have resumed the acting role; not easy doing the work of two.
Hopefully in the near future, things will change for the better and I can get back to regular crafting. I am still fortunate to call myself fairly young :) and have luckily enough energy to share.
Some exciting occasions on the horizon: a baby shower, my friend's bridal shower and a wedding,... meaning enough crafting opportunities and ideas coming in floods...
I have made some cards and this one today is a get well card.

The designer paper is from Melissa Frances Kitchy Kitchen.

The stamp is from Motivet and coloured with Faber Castell polychromos pencils. I am still very disappointed that Motivet has left the UK market. I am not even sure if they are still trading. They used to have such delightful images. I am glad I bought them when I did.

I did an effort to decorate the inside of the card as well. I think since 2012, I have been treating every card this way. The sentiment on the front and inside are from Crafty Secrets Feeling Yucky collection.
Hope to be back with a post soon, thanks for all the visits even when I was not posting. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hugs with a Motivet stamp

Hope you all enjoyed a lovely Christmas together.
I have a sweet and soft pastel shades card to share with this cute little hippo from Motivet.

I made the card from Tim Holz's Kraft resist paper and lined it with soft pastel pink card. The other papers are from Melissa Frances.

 The image is coloured with Cosmic Shimmerz.

The flower is made out of plain white paper with a Spellbinder die and the sprayed with Glimmer Chalk in Mint Choc Chip. The leaves are a die from Marianne Design and also sprayed with a few shades of Glimmer Mist. The sentiment is a stamp from Lili of the Valley.

Motivet stamps - Shy Hilda, little hippo

Motivet stamps seem to have disappeared of the radar.
They only have a web-shop now and are waiting to move to the US. The Craft Barn use to sell their stamps, but have stopped doing this for over a year, I think.
It is a pity though, I really like them. They have very cute images and good quality.
I dug one out of my stash to make this little card.

Oh yes, another scalloped card made with the Cricut. The DP is from Papermania Rose Garden, BG Euphoria Chips, Joy Crafts butterfly dies with distress ink and pearl Glimmer Mist, a paper doily with Glimmer Mist, some bling and a EK Success border punch.

Hilda is coloured with Warm Grey Copics, a lttle bit of Flesh and a bit of light blues. Some BV31 and BV02 added to the blues in the background and some Sakura white gel pen for the highlights.

The inside also has some DP and BG Chips with a bling butterfly.

A little loopy

... that 's what I am. I have had 3 very hectic weeks at work.
We have been hit with so much sickness at work, I ended up being inundated with work and didn't know whether I was coming or going. I have been acting manager at our clinic for the past few weeks, but it felt more like a Jack-of-all-trades.
This is my last post, before my summer break. I am off to have a good time. I hope you can say the same.
Here is my card; it is the lovely "Dexter in a puddle" stamp by Motivet. I got this one at the Craft Barn. Pity they don't stock Motivet stamps anymore. So cute.

I used Basic Grey Junebug papers on Kraft card. Dexter is coloured with Distress inks.

 The sentiment is a K&Co rub-on from Wild raspberry collection. The background stamp on the tag is from Kaisercraft.

Some distressing of the papers and some loopy ribbon and voila... holiday deserved.
See you.

Happy Birthday to me

Another year older and hopefully a bit wiser.
This cute card is for anyone else who is celebrating this month.

The little Doraline stamp is from Motivet and the sentiments are from Inkadinkado.
The DP are from Making Memories.

The image is coloured with Distress inks on watercolour paper and I used some Glossy Accents on the balloon and cake. The border punch is from EK Success.

JUGS #36

Hello everyone,
It's been a hot and humid day. Summer has arrived here!
I've been working from 6:30 'til 15:00 today, glad not to have the shift until 18:30!!!
I came home and just had to craft a bit. Really relaxes me.
I used the sketch from JUGS #36. I made this little Hilda card from Motivet and used Caran d'Ache aquarelable  pencils in 4 shades of gray.
I've been wanting to do this technique for a while and always thought it was too difficult. But I think it's turned out rather nice. My DH said:" Ooh! It's like from an old book!" He's my biggest fan, thinks this card is for the collection and I can't give it away... Sweetie...

Supplies: Basic Grey Granola paper, Coordinations card, Cuttlebug Swiss dots, Tsukineko ink, Sakura white gel pen, Making Memories ribbon, Basic Grey dark blue buttons, light blue from autumn Leaves, Hero Arts sentiment.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. It's gonna be hotter with thunderstorms tomorrow.

Motivet's Blog Candy

There 's a chance to win some beautiful Motivet stamps. If you click HERE, it will take you to their site. Anyone can try and I must say that their stamps are wonderful. I usually buy mine at the Craft Barn, but the choice is limited. Maybe with a bit of luck now,...

Fingers crossed xxx

Congratulations

I have made a card for the Motivet blog. I always love working with their stamps. They have such lovely little characters. I still have a few that have not seen the ink yet, so it's on the to-do-list for 2010.
Of course I had to use some Basic Grey paper... I followed the sketch quite closely and only left out the bow. It would have made my card a little bit too full.

I love that McGill pine branch punch and had to Glimmer Mist the flowers of course. A lot of Distress inking too and blue gross grain ribbon from Paperchase. The sentiment is already printed on the ribbon from East of India. They do quite a bit of shabby chic/ organic? stuff and you can by their goodies at John Lewis.
No more crafting for me now until after the weekend. Got another 11.5 hour shift tomorrow and a twilight shift on Friday 'til 23:00. Then at 0:00 we'll be driving to Folkstone-Calais - Belgium, and back immediately the same Saturday morning, to pick up my mom. It's a 10 hour non-stop roundtrip with no night sleep. Ow, ow,...

New stamps

Goodmorning,
Hope you had a nice weekend. I sure did. The weather wasn't, but that doesn't bother a keen crafter.
Saturday, my DH drove me all the way to Surrey, first to Crafts U Love and then to The Craft Barn. He planned on buying me my Christmas presents. Ain't I a lucky girl!
Of course I couldn't wait to start using them... Don't worry DH, I've kept a few for you to wrap and give on Christmas day.
I decided to make some cards for 3 colleagues of mine, who will be leaving for other clinics. In one way or the other, they are all moving to be closer to their families.
And now the cards:

Couldn't resist this happy hippo from Motivet. I used some pink and mint Shimmerz and a lot of cutting and ebossing with the Cuttlebug. I used K&Co + Making Memories paper, flowers from American Crafts colored with Shimmerz.

This little girl is from The Greeting Farm. On this card I used Glimmer Mist. I must say I am won over by the Shimmerz. Less mess, easy little pots to use and cheaper than Glimmer Mist. Definetly my choice for making cards. The sentiments are made with JustRite stamps and I used my new circle Nestabilities to cut them out, which is a lot nicer then using the punch. I finally got the complete Copic set and I really enjoy them. It's worth investing in them.
Thanks for looking and have a nice day.

Friday Sketchers 76

Goodevening,
I'm playing along with the Friday Sketchers and this is my interpretation of the sketch:

Supplies: Basic Grey Sugared paper, DCWV Neutrals cardstock, Motivet stamp, Tsukineko Gingerbread and Pearlescent Orchid ink, clear embossing powder, flowers by Hero Arts and Prima, Basic Grey brads and fibers, Fiskars oval punch, McGill branch punch, tag cut with Plantin Schoolbook cart, Vintage Pink and Olive Vine Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copics.

A close up of the card allows you to see the embossing and shine. Thanks for looking and leave a comment if you like, telling me what you think and I'll come and visit your blog.