My scrappin' life

Workshops at Creabest and a mini album for Scrapbook Adhesives and Authentique

Remember this canvas I made a little while ago using PanPastel?

On November 30 I will be teaching a PanPastel workshop at Creabest in Ommen.

First we will make a card to get the hang of the techniques and after that we will create a beautiful canvas like this or you can choose to do your own design. Even if you have never with PanPastel before and even if you have never done anything like mixed media before you will be able to create a stunning canvas, so join me for a fun day of creativity! 

The next day, December 1st I will be teaching my Texture Paste Canvas and Masking mini-album workshops. Two workshops using a lot of techniques, spray paints, gesso, texture paste and more. Both workshops can be booked seperatly.

Go to the Creabest website to register!  

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BLOG HOP ALERT!

This week we’re blog hopping with Authentique! Leave a comment on our blog to be eligible to win a prize pack of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L adhesives, then hop over to Authentique’s blog too! We’ll draw a winner at the end of the week!

Today is my turn to create something with the beautiful Peaceful line and this is what I made:

Hop over to the Crafty Power Blog for detailed instruction on how to create this colorful mini!

Happy crafting!

...and she donated her hair to charity! My little hero :)

This week my little girl decided she wanted to cut her hair and donate it to "Stiching Haarwensen". This is a foundation that provides wigs to children (up to the age of 18) that loose their hair due to chemotherapy or a diseas called alopecia.

Wigs are expensive. Made from real hair they cost between 1.500 and 2.000 euros and health insurance covers only a maximum of 393 euros. Therefore a lot of parents can't afford to get their child a really nice wig. They either have to cover their heads with caps or with synthetic wigs.

After chemotherapy it sometimes takes up to 2 years before the first hair comes back. Having a wig that is made from real hair helps children to get their self confidence-back. They look "normal" and are not stared at in public anymore. Being ill is bad enough as it is, looking ill makes it even harder. Here you can find some stories (in dutch) from children that were lucky to receive a wig and how it helped them. 

"Stichting Haarwensen" makes a lot of children and their parents happy by providing these wigs for free! To make them they need hair that is healthy, not bleached and not grey and at least 25cm (10 inches) long. So this afternoon we had an appointment at the hairdresser and 25 cm was cut from Marlijn's long blonde locks:

Doesn't she look sweet with her short haircut?? Proud mommy here! :)

Now, if you have long hair and were thinking of changing your look, please consider donating your hair for the good cause! It can be so easy to make someone very happy! If you're Dutch visit the "Stichting Haarwensen"-webiste here. If you're from another country just google on hair donation (or the equivalent in your own language) and you'll find several oppertunities!

Have a lovely weekend!

World Card Making Day with Sizzix and Wow Embossing Powder! A little tutorial.

Hi and welcome to my blog!

Today is WCMD! So here are a couple of cards I made using Wow Embossing Powder and some awesome Sizzix embossing folders.

The cards are quite simple but the technique used is so much fun and I LOVE the effect!

What do you need?

A Sizzix machine (Big Shot #655268), embossing folders (Beatnik Bouquet Set #657809 - Groovy Flower Set #657815), Wow Embossing Powder (Suzy West Presidio Purple regular, Suzy West Bay Area Blue regular and Suzy West Earthtone Paprika regular), Versamark, cardstock and a heat gun.

To create the background of these cards you cover the inside of a Sizzix embossing folder with Versamark. Just the front side. Make sure to cover only the upper parts and not the lower parts. Put cardstock in between the folder and emboss it in the machine. Then take it out, sprinkle the cardstock with embossing powder, tap off the excess powder and heat emboss. 

If you like you can spray paint the embossed cardstock with Tattered Angels glimmer mist afterwards. The heat embossed parts create a resist and the paint will not stick there. Whip with a piece of kitchen paper after spraying.

And some close-ups of the cards:

The middle bottle was partly filled with embossing powder and then heated from the outside. I also added some embossing powder at the top and on the little flowers. The right bottle was filled with powder too, but not heated. To see which adhesive I used to put this all together you can check out my post on the Crafty Power Blog  (Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L).

For this card I sprayed the cardstock after embossing.

You can also find these cards on the WOW-blog today. The Powder Puff Girls are having a team post so go over there and check out all the gorgeousness!!

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial :)

Have a lovely day!