28 Nov 2015 | stories-from-my-life
I can’t believe it, we are already in December again und of course I am in “Christmascardcreationstress” like last year! But let’s start at the beginning. The year started quiet and relaxing. Just the usual activities like going to the outdoor...
27 Jul 2015 | craft-projects
Recently I went through a bag with all sorts of matching papers. I decided to take it apart and file the papers according to colour into my stash. However it also had a lot of pretty pattern scrap coming with it: just strips, squares and circles. I can’t bring...
10 Jul 2015 | craft-projects
I do have to say I love quotes and I struggle to walk past a stamp set with nice quotes. I always find myself drawn to them and end up buying them 😉 But hey, life is short and since I am not spending a lot of money on other things like cloths, shoes, bags etc. I tell...
17 May 2015 | craft-projects
I have been quiet for a quite a while, but I haven’t stopped being creative. So I will just showcase my work without much words. Here an autumn wreath I created by die-cutting lots and lots and lots of leaves from brown cardboard paper, beige soft paper and...
3 Aug 2014 | craft-projects
My latest toys are some word dies and I can’t stop using them! After I saw some really nice ideas on some other blogs and Pinterest I got stuck into it and now I am addicted. I started off with some basic techniques, but got more and more advanced as well as...
25 May 2014 | craft-projects
Yesterday was my favorite day of the Year: I was visiting the annual Quilt and Craft Fair! Sadly without my friend Vada, but this time Linda came with me. We left in the morning and at 9:40 am and came home around 5pm! So we spent the full day in there! There is...
4 May 2014 | craft-projects
Wow, I just took photos of all my photo album page and realised, that I have progressed quite a far bit. I think I am a bit more than a quarter through my photos. It may not sound a lot, but a quarter amounts to 125 photos! I have started to get more inventive and...
29 Apr 2014 | craft-projects, stories-from-my-life
Finally after a couple of weeks of painting, sanding and more painting and more sanding I completed my new shelf and its now in its final place next to my sofa chair. I wanted something to keep all the paperwork, books and bits and pieces that I have lying around and...
6 Apr 2014 | craft-projects, stories-from-my-life
Woohooo I am back! After 5 or was it 6 weeks, I am finally back! I had a very busy time with having a friend from Germany visiting. Because I didn’t take any time off work, I tried to spend a lot of evenings and weekends with Petra. I only had some evenings I...
28 Feb 2014 | craft-projects
What could be better then just following the season, especially in summer? I have got a whole stack of paper, rub ons, stamps and embellishments and all of these reminds me of summer. Sometimes its even just the colors I am using that represents summer for me. But...
27 Feb 2014 | craft-projects
Well, I am calling it a series, but there are only four cards. I am sort of pulling out something I like to use and it seems to become a habit to create a couple of cards in the same color scheme. Since I have been quite busy over last last weeks and didn’t get...
26 Jan 2014 | craft-projects
We are now going back in time to December 2013, as I have a number of cards I haven’t shown yet. I had this new paper pad for quite a while and after I had finished with all the Christmas cards, I pulled it out and started using it. With the brown and black...
