My scrappin' life

Infocrea sketch challenge

This month it was my turn to provide a sketch on the Infocrea blog.

Here are my sketch and the layout I made with it:

 

 

Materials used: all La Dolce Vita line,
including the stamp: DV01, DV03, DV06, DV-E03 and TN-0489.
To get the rext on the clouds I first printed it on regular printing paper.
Then I placed the clouds on top of the text using non-permanent adhesive
and run the paper through my printer a second time.

 

 

You can still join in the fun! Go to the Infocrea blog to read all about it and see what the other girls did with this sketch! If you don't read French you can use the translator at the top of the right sidebar.

If you haven't seen my previous post, check it out! You can win a set of Letraset markers just by leaving a message at the Letraset blog and here on my blog!

My post of today on the Inforcrea blog:

This week I'm busy creating for CHA! It's such a pleasure working with the newest from the newest. Such wonderful products! And when I look at all the wonderful paper lines that Infocrea has been releasing recently I can't believe that they won't be right there at CHA!! I think these products are wonderful! Great colors and designs, wonderful quality!

Like the papers I used to make this layout:

Everything on this layout is from Comme un garcon. I love the fresh bright colors and the prints related to photography!

Used the paint splash stamp that goes with this line and I think it is just awesome!

Only thing added here are two flowers from Prima  (542511 Kalanchoe Nahogany | 542474 Kalanchoe Almond) and I did some sewing to make the whole stand out more. Don't you love sewing on layouts. Sometimes it just gives your layout that little touch that makes it complete!

I apologize for the bad condition of the pictures. The weather is aweful here and the light... ughhh. Can't even go out to take pictures there because everything is wet...

Hope to have better pictures in my next post!

Until then, happy scrapping!!

 

Christmas ornaments (Infocrea)

Today I want to share with you some Christmas decorations I made to hang in front of my window. I used Sultanes beautiful "L'hiver en fêtes"- Christmas line from Infocrea.

What do you need: Jour de fêtes transparency, embellishements strips HF-EO1, HF-EO2, HF-EO5, jewelry thread, squeezing beads, a selection of beads you like, eyelets, chipboard, ribbon.

Cut out the circle images and the little postcards and glue them on chipboard, then cut them out again and cover the backsides with another image. Cut out some doilies from the transparency and make 2 eyelets in all parts. Then hang the seperate parts underneath eachother using jewelry thread with some beads on. Use a nice piece of ribbon at the top to hang them. It's really simple (you can do it in the evening while watching tv) but I think they look really great!

I hung a little bell at the bottom that tinkles a little when the ornament moves :)


Hope you like them!

 

Christmas shopping (a LO for Infocrea)

Made this LO for the Infocrea blog:

The picture was made while Christmas shopping in Bremen last year. I love how the windows of the shops look the weeks before Christmas. All so stylish decorated, the products looking so nice and wonderful you want to put them all on your wishlist whether you need them or not... :)

Windows like this can be so inspirational. Just look at the color combinations, the materials used or the theme of the window and you have a great starting point for a LO. Of course you don't need to use the actual picture of the window on your LO! You can use it like you use a sketch or a color palette and use any picture with it you like. I thought it was fun though to make a LO about this subject since I love to go Christmas shopping in a foreign city, be in the Christmas atmosphere and getting inspired and in the right mood!

 

To make the balls in the Christmas tree I punched out a lot of circles with a circle punch and adhered them on my LO using double sided foam squares. Then I wrapped a piece of thread around the foam squares and tied the thread together on the top of the circle.

I repeated the use of thread by wrapping it around the bigger circles, that were also adhered with foam squares. I also cross stitched at the top of the LO. First I made a row of little holes using a crop-a-dile and then slipped the thread through, going from the left to the right using every second hole and then backwards using the left over holes to make the crosses.

To finish it off, I added some bling using crystals and pearls to glam up the tree.
After all, Christmas deserves some sparkle, right?!!

Materials used: L'hiver en fêtes..., Ma maison an automne, Le coeur a ses raisons... (all Infocrea)

MyStik^TM tape runner and Foam squares: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Today on the Infocrea blog you can find some Christmas ornaments I made. So hop over and get inspired!

 

It's banner time at the Prima blog

Banners are hot, so this week it's banner time at the Prima blog. This is my project for the theme. I used journaling cards for the flags and as a base for every single letter. I printed the letters in reverse on the back of cardstock and then cut them out.

I simply stapled the cards to this cute Prima pom pom ribbon and then decorated the cards with some flowers, felt and crystals.

 

 

 

Visit the Prima blog to see what fun and creative ideas the rest of the Prima DT came up with and find banners in many different sizes and shapes!!

The next LO was made for the Infocrea blog. Love the yellow and orange in this new line called Une Petite Douceur.

 

 

 

Have you ever checked out the incredible ammount of lines Infocrea has?? They are so versatile and colorful! And every line has it's own transparencies, stamps and embellishment strips! Go have a look, they are all in the sidebar on the Infocrea blog! You'll be amazed!!

Wishing you all a wonderful and creative weekend! Enjoy!!

 

I want to grow old with you! - a LO for Infocrea

Happy!! That's what came to my mind when I saw Infocrea's Copains, Copines-line! Bright happy colors, great patterns, just my kind of papers!!

And happy papers make you want to create happy LO's!! So meet my hubby, the love of my life, the one I want to grow old with!

 

The title was printed on an inkjet sheet. These sheets have one shiny side and one a little rough side. You have to print on the rough side. I always print my text flipped so I can turn the sheet around and have the shiny side on top.

I think the best way to adhere transparencies to a LO is to use some double sided tape on a place where it is covered by something else. But sometime nothing is covering the transparency and then I prefer to use stapples. I love stapples on LO's. And since I already started using stapples for the transparencies I also used them to adhere the hearts. I love the look of that!

The hearts were hand drawn on the backside of the paper. Just draw a heart and then draw it a second time on the inside about half a centimer smaller. Then take a craft knife and cut it out. It doesn't have to be perfect. In my opinion it looks even better when it's not!!

To create the little "forever" tab on the right side of the photo I used a mini playing card and wrote the word ever on it with a permanent pen. Then I tucked it under the photo.

Materials used: Infocrea: Copains, Copines - Ces petit riens qui... - Les pages d'écriture .

Hope this make you happy too and inspires you to create! Happy scrapping!

 

Looking for CHA travel mate...

I'm planning on going to CHA coming january. I have a (very nice :)) room mate there but have to travel alone. I was wondering if there is anybody else flying from Amsterdam to Los Angeles alone (don't know the exact date yet) so that we could fly together. Makes the long flight much more fun right??!!

If you would like to have me as a travel companion :) and want more details, you can e-mail me at scrappen@birgitkoopsen.nl . It would be even more fun if we could go with a whole bunch of people!! :)

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And, I know it's been a while, but I finally have a new LO to share. Made this for the Infocrea DT:

Don't you love the fair?! My girl sure does! What she loves most are the machines where you have to try and catch someting and drop it in the box in front of you and then you can keep it. What she also loves are horses... a lot!!! So when we went to the fair and she saw that there were horses to catch she asked me if I would try to catch one for her. I'm usually pretty good in things like that :) but one can't be lucky all the time right? So when I thought I'd spend enough money but still didn't have a horse my little girl was really, really sad. She asked me if she could try one more time herself. OK, I said, here you have 1 euro, you can try twice. But if you don't catch one we really stop throwing money in that machine. And guess what... yep, she catched one!! LOL, her reaction: Well, maybe next time you should let me try right away!

Thought this little story was worth a LO :)

Wat een Mazzel (so much luck)

 

Info Crea supplies: Les pages d'ecriture (musicales) | Herbier (Cahier d'ecolier, embellishement strips # 1, 2 & 6) | C'est petit riens qui... (nous comblent de bonheur)| Alphabets: Alpha stickers | Rose Mocca: Delerium (Cosmopolitan)

Other: Prima Marketing: flowers, background paper | Technique Tuesday: Alphabet stamps | Craft Cardstock | Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Adhesives.

Thanks for your visit! Have a wonderful weekend!!

 

You dance! (another LO for Infocrea)

Every now and then I come across a product that doesn't fitt my scrapping style but I just love it anyway. I love how those products force me to step outside my comfort zone and think out of the box. One of those products is this beautiful paper from "Les Maisons des Fées". I just love the drawing, the beautiful colors and the artsy feel! I just had to use it but I didn't want to cut it. I didn't like to put a whole pciture on top of the beautiful drawing so I decided to cut out the pictures I wanted to use.

The pictures were taken in Italy when my little girl was dancing in the rain and I really love how they fitt so well in front of the little houses.

The sun and words are cut from the éMotions collection, the "clouds" come from Innocence and the little butterfly from Herbier which I collored with distress ink.

 

 

The pictures were just normal 10x15cm (4x6") which I cut out. To make the raindrops I adhered crystals and pearls and drew drops around them using a black pen. 

 

Supplies: All papers: Infocrea | pearls and crystals: Prima Marketing | Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Thanks for your visit! Have a great week!

 

1.000.000 kusjes voor papa, a layout for Infocrea

First of all a big THANK YOU! to everyone who wished Lennart well, whether it was by commenting here, on facebook, by e-mail, phone or mail! He is very much enjoying all the attention and it is fun to have some cards waiting for you when you come home from school every day!

I made this LO for the InfocreaDT. The picture was taken in Italy and I love it! Marlijn gave this LO to her daddy for his birthday. She is definitely his little girl and he is her hero!

For this LO I combined different paper lines to achieve a bright and happy page. Funny thing is that the green paper is from a more boyish line (Robotic)but because of the many numbers 1 and 0 it fits the title and the girly theme very well! The blue with white dots and the blue grid paper is from Revolution.com. The little quote tags are from Ces petit riens, the journaling spot is from Herbier, all Infocrea.

Supplies: patterend papers: infocrea (see above) | striped paper: October Afternoon | flowers, pebbles, e-pearls and crystals, leaves: Prima Marketing| rubons: S.E.I. | fabric circle: HEMA | Letters: Frances Meyer | Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L(the foam squares are just perfect to give the flowers even more depth!)

That's it for now. Come back soon for great Prima offers and some sticky fun! :)

 

Infocrea designteam

Last week I made my first 2 posts on the Inforcrea blog for which I'm a design team member since last month. Infocrea releases new paper lines every couple of weeks. You can sign up for they're newsletter here.

The first layout I made is about my little girl who's favorite toy is Playmobil. She bought this playmobil boat from her vacation money the day after we rented a boat and spend the day on Lake Garda, swimming and sun bading.

 

Infocrea supplies: Revolution.com(blue grid and blue with dots) | Ces petit riens (green with blue circles and blue circle transparency) | Herbier(pink) | Alphabets(pink letter stickers)

Other supplies: Adhesive : Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L | Green and white rubons: Basic Grey | Pink and black rubons: Urban Lilly | Letters: American Crafts | stitch rubons: K&Co. | Buttons: Hema | cake cup, paint tag

The second layout is about Venice. I wish I could say I loved Venice. And of course it was nice to see the gondolas and all the canals and little bridges. And I did make some nice pictures but, to be honest... I thought Venice was way to crowded, dirty, with to many shops that all sell the same and oh so expensive. Therefor the title of this LO is "To bad, but Venice is not so beautiful as you might think when you see this lovely picture".

Infocrea supplies:  Innocence: background paper | Ces petit riens: patterned paper and tags | Herbier: Butterflies | Tampons tout mignons : flower stamp.

Other supplies: Adhesive and photo corners : Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L |Yellow paper: Doodlebug Design |Letters : American Crafts | Distress ink (Broken China): Tim Holz | thread.

Don't forget to check out the Infocrea blog. You will find tons of inspiration there! 

Or visit the other DT-members' blogs. You can find their names in the sidebar on the right >>>

Thank you for your visit!
Smiles,

Birgit