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You make my heart happy 4 Feb 2013 | 02:54 am
And still more hearts to come! Stampotique Designers Challenge # 85′ wants us to do whatever makes us happy. There’s no doubt that crafting makes me very happy… especially creating ATCs for swaps wi...
I love art 4 Feb 2013 | 02:27 am
Here’s another ATC featuring a heart. This one’s for Stampotique Designers Challenge # 84 ‘Love theme’. I coloured the heat embossed Tim Holtz heart using wax crayons and added a bit of dimension wi...
Rusty heart 4 Feb 2013 | 02:09 am
Stampotique Designers Challenge # 82 focuses on die cuts and punches and Wicked Wednesday has chosen ‘Gothic Love’ as this fortnight’s theme. I really enjoyed making this rusty heart ATC: I used wrin...
Snowmen 10 Jan 2013 | 03:07 am
I’ve been creating a number of snowman ATCs for a swap in our Yahoo-group and this is the card I made as a treat for my swap partner: It’s my entry for the current Dilly Beans ‘Snowmen’ challenge. St...
Longing for sunshine 26 Dec 2012 | 10:02 pm
We’re probably all dreaming of a white Christmas here in Belgium, but we’re only getting rain, rain and more rain! This foul weather really makes me long for bright and sunny days, so I thought it’d ...
Happy Holiday Season! 24 Dec 2012 | 03:33 am
I know, I’ve been neglecting my blog and my google reader of late, but I’ve been very busy creating cards for the Holiday Season. I must admit I’m not a Christmas kind of person, but I always succeed...
If sadness is a colour … 24 Nov 2012 | 03:01 pm
Hello there! It’s been way too long since my last blog post, but I’ll try to be a better girl from now on (with Santa approaching and all…)! Here are two ATCs inspired by a song peformed by a Belgian ...
Curiouser and curiouser 8 Sep 2012 | 03:23 am
Here’s a bright and sunny card I made for a couple of challenges: The Altered Alice challenge wants to see a lovely garden and/or bright flowers. I used my Tim Holtz tattered florals die. The shape of...
Glow in the dark heads 4 Sep 2012 | 09:30 pm
Yesterday I had great fun creating this creepy CAS card in black, white and red : I actually painted the heads with glow in the dark paint and so this is how the card looks when it’s darker (difficult...
Flower ATCs 4 Sep 2012 | 12:04 am
I’ve got some flower ATCs to share with you: I’d like to enter both ATCs in the following challenges: Crafty Individuals: Last days of summer Daring Cardmakers: Focus on flowers Sunday Stamper: Stam...