Peek into my world

MyStampBox Design Team Call

2012-02-13T17:42:00.000+01:00

ATTENTION all stampers and myStamp BOX fans!

We are looking for new Designers to join our team. If you are enthusiastic about our stamps, love to stamp, are a good team player, and know a thing or two about blogging, you are the right match for us! We are interested in designers with a variety of styles who can creatively showcase myStamp BOX designs in their layouts, cards, altered art, and other projects. No previous design team experience is necessary. International applicants are welcome to apply.

Our Term is 6 months from April 1st, 2012 to September 30th, 2012.

Team requirements:* 4 projects per month
* 1 blog entry per month including good quality photos of a project and instructions/tutorial
* Upload all projects to the myStamp BOX website gallery and other online galleries
* Submit at least 2 projects per term for submission to print magazines of your choice
* Occasionally help with additional design opportunities – new stamp sets, classes, etc.
* make myStamp BOX the only stamping company you design for during this term!

Team benefits:

*bio and picture on the website, with links to your blog
*a starter kit of stamp sets and myStamp BOX products and additional stamp sets throughout your term
*other free scrapbooking supplies from product partners as they become available
*30% discount on purchased myStamp BOX items during your term

Please include in your application:*personal information (your name, address)
*a short paragraph about yourself and why you think you’d be a good fit for myStamp BOX.
*link to your blog and gallery
*3-5 examples of your work showcasing your stamping ability and style

Applications are due on Leap Day – February 29th, 2012.

Send your application to bettina@mystampbox.com
myStamp BOX website: www.mystampbox.com

So go ahead, take the leap and apply for the team. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Until then – happy stamping!

Blue and Purple - color showcase

2012-02-08T15:07:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

Go quickly to My Stamp Box to see what the DT made with this unusual color combo.

This is what I made:

Now in German and Dutch!!!

2012-02-04T18:45:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

Check these new stamps from MyStampBox!! So glad to see that our translation work has such a beautiful result.

My weekly 2012 - week 1 - 4

2012-01-30T19:10:00.000+01:00

After a long thought I decided to play along with Armance and her weekly 2012. She made a beautiful template. It's clean and simple and gives you the opportunity to write some lines too. I'm totally in love with it.

Here are the first 4 weeks of 2012. I'm so sorry for the bad pictures but it's already 7 pm and dark outside. The paper I use is creme colour and not grey, white or anything else that you would think when you look at my photos. It's just normal cardstock :-)

Anyone else who is making a weekly journal too?

CHA releases from My Stamp Box + a giveaway

2012-01-30T16:37:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone,

It's CHA so I can finally show you a layout that I made with a new stamp set from MyStampBox. I used the set Special Teas.

This is what I created with it:

There are some more new stamp sets. Just go to the blog to check it out. If you leave a comment on the blog of My Stamp Box, you have a change to win one of the new stamp sets.

Have a wonderful Monday!
Isolde

Some new Instagram pics

2012-01-22T21:31:00.000+01:00

Here I am again with some new Instagram pics. I took them during my trip to Riga, Latvia. I was there 2 weeks ago together with my sister and dad.

Challenge Day at MyStampBox

2012-01-12T19:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

It's my turn to host the challenge day at My Stamp Box.
So, quickly, go to our blog and let you inspire and challenge by a print I love. This is my take:

Instagram Photo Challenge

2012-01-10T20:10:00.000+01:00

If you have Instagram than you should take part in this fantastic challenge organised by fat mum slim
I started on January 1st and I'm still enjoying it. Can't wait to scrap some of those pics. It's lots of fun to see the pics of other people too. If you want to know my Instagram nickname, just leave a message and I'll let you know.

Bits of my life

2012-01-04T18:38:00.000+01:00

Still in love with my iPhone. Addicted to Instagram and Hipstamatic

Christmas

My dad

NYE

Relaxing in Maastricht

Sisters

Bookshop in an old church

Ready to shop!!

Happy 2012

2012-01-01T12:11:00.000+01:00

We want to wish you all a fantastic 2012! I hope it will be a year full of love, joy, happiness and of course creativity!!!!!

Love, Isolde & Eric

New Year's Showcase

2011-12-31T13:13:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,
It's the last day of 2011 and on MyStampBox we want to give you some last minute inspiration.
I created a layout about our year 2011. The journaling is hiddenat the back of the picture.

I used the stamp set Summer Alpha for the title.
If you want to see some more inspiration just go to our blog.

Enjoy the last day of the year.

Santa has been so good for me ...

2011-12-26T16:13:00.000+01:00

He brought me an iPhone 4!!! I'm the luckiest girl on earth right now, haha. I always wanted to buy one but thought it was too expensive. My bf gave me some money and I paid the rest of it. So now, I'm the proud owner of an iPhone!! Can you tell that I'm so happy with it???

I immediatly installed Instagram and Hipstamatic. This is the first picture I took with it.

It's Christmas Day at Eric's parents house. Enjoying some yummie food, nice company, great presents ...

You can expect some more pics very soon.

Greetz from an iPhone-addict
xxx

Christmas Showcase

2011-12-22T20:18:00.000+01:00

It’s time for our annual Christmas card showdown at MyStampBox

We have been busy stamping and scrapping all year and before we take a week off, we are going to show you what we have been creating for our friends and families.

Hoping you will find a last minute inspiration for a card at our blog.
This is my card, to see the others, just go to our blog.

12 days of Christmas

2011-12-09T22:27:00.001+01:00

Today is my day at MyStampBox . I created a christmas banner. To read about the details and the products I used, just go to the blog of My Stamp Box.

Have a creative weekend!

Something exciting ...

2011-11-30T16:51:00.000+01:00

is going to happen on the blog of MyStampBox MyStampBox. Don't forget to go there on the 1st of December and the next 11 days!!! You'll be in the Christmas mood for sure.

Canvas Corp and MyStampBox bloghop

2011-11-24T16:00:00.006+01:00

"Welcome to the Canvas Corp and myStamp BOX “Partner Blog Hop”!

If you have just happened upon our event now, please begin your journey on the Canvas Corp Blog blog here (http://canvascorp.com).
Many of our wonderful designers are joining us today to show off some inspirational creativity. See how well Canvas Corp and myStamp BOX products are working together!

START AT:

Me, myself and I ;-)
Agata Pfister

END HERE: myStamp Box Blog

We are giving away some amazing product from both participating companies. All you have to do is COMMENT on all designers blogs along your journey to WIN. Our two Hop winners will be drawn from all participants and will be announced on the myStamp BOX blog and Canvas Corp blog on Monday, November 28th, so all comments are due by Sunday November 27th at 6pm EST. Good Luck!

And here is what I did with Canvas Corp and myStamp BOX's products

I created a mini-album about the love of my life, Eric. Inside are some reasons why he is my star. I used a canvas star for the front. Inside I used tags and the canvas star from Canvas Corp. The stamps I used are from MyStampBox.
For the large letters I used Summer Alpha . The decorations are from Funky Flowers

Now it’s time to HOP along and find out what the next talented designer has created. Your next designer is Agata. Don’t forget to leave a comment below for a chance to WIN one of our TWO product giveaways!"

Join us ...

2011-11-21T17:40:00.000+01:00

on our blog hop with Canvas Corp on Thursday.

I'm still working on my creation. Lot's of work, but so much fun to play with ;-)

Family themed november showcase

2011-11-18T20:40:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

Here I am again with a new layout to share. I made this one for the family themed november showcase at MyStampBox

For this layout I used this stamp set called Winter Flakes
Happy Friday!!
Isolde

Project Day @ MyStampBox

2011-11-15T17:38:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,
It's Project Day at http://mystampbox.com/blog/ . It was my turn to show you one of my projects. I used some pictures from the sea for this layout.

Hop over to the blog to find out the stamps I used. I had so much fun while I created this. I'm totally in love with those stamps MyStampBox
Happy Tuesday!
Isolde

Studio Calico

2011-11-01T15:51:00.000+01:00

In october I received this beautiful Field trip kit from studiocalico. It was the first time that I ordered their monthy kit and I must say that I'm totally in love with it. So far, I've only created 1 layout with it but I plan to make another one tomorrow. Below you can see what is in the main kit.

I used the sketch from sketchythursdays Totally in love with this sketch:

this is what I came up with:

sorry for the bad pictures. Hope you can see the colours like they really are. I used some glimmer mist (sunflower) and the butterflies from the kit to add some details.

Home fall decoration

2011-10-28T16:39:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone,

It was my turn to host a post on the MyStampBox blog today. I made some home decoration.

To have a closer look on all the stuff I made, just go to MyStampBox

Have a wonderful weekend!
Isolde

October showcase on MyStampBox - win a stamp set!

2011-10-20T17:30:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone,

It's October showcase on MyStampBox. Below you can find a detail of my layout. If you want to see the whole page, just click on the link. You can win a stamp set too!!!!!

Love,
Isolde

Check ...

2011-10-13T13:43:00.000+02:00

this out!

http://mystampbox.com/2011/10/welcome-new-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-7010

I'm so thrilled to be in this DT. MyStampBox has amazing stamps and I just can't wait to start creating with them. I made already 1 layout and some house decoration. So, stay tuned!!!

Finally an update ...

2011-10-11T15:31:00.001+02:00

I'm a bit late to update my blog. Here are some pics to show you what I've been up to lately.

The second weekend of september, we went on a little trip to Mechelen, a city near our capital Brussels. My sister and her boyfriend came with us.

It was warm so we needed a drink

and some yummie food in the evening

We enjoyed some culture too

A week ago we drove to the coast for a long walk while the sun came down. It's was so relaxing. We really needed some US-time

And now, I'm at home. I should be in school teaching but the changing of seasons gave me a nice present :-(. I'm having troubles breathing, my throat hurts and I have a sinus infection. All in one, yippee!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr

Hope you are all feeling better than me.
Oh yes, I've been creative last week, but I can't show you yet. I played with the awesome stamps of MyStampBox. Come back later to check what I've made.

Scraptastic 2011

2011-09-25T18:36:00.000+02:00

Together with my scrapbuddy Daphné, I went to Scraptastic 2011! It was awesome. We stayed in a beautiful hotel, had awesome teachers and lovely company.

I took 4 workshops: 1 of Birgit Koopsen, 1 of Céline Navarro and 2 of Donna Downey. All of them were lots of fun. Especially the 'dripping' by Donna :-)

with Céline

With Bill, Donna and Daphné

With Birgit Koopsen and Daphné

Lots of work to do :-)

With Natalie Kalbach

Chatting with Liesbet, Marsha and Daphné

Bill @ work

Fantastic news

2011-09-12T19:39:00.000+02:00

I went on a weekend trip together with Eric, my sister and her boyfriend. We went to Mechelen, a nice old city in Belgium. The weather was great and we enjoyed some family time together.

When I came home and checked my mail, I saw fantastic news!!! I'm on the DT of mystampbox. I'm so thrilled. The new DT is announced today so I can spread the word, hihi.

These is the whole DT:

Jolene Johnston (USA) – design team coordinator
Agata Pfister (Switzerland)
Els Brigé (Belgium)
Isolde Pyncket (Belgium)
Jaine Drake (Luxembourg)
Janet Zeppa (Canada)
Jessica Griffin (USA)
Jill Hildebrand (Canada)
Linda Abadie (USA)
Marsha Valk (Netherlands)
Sue Sykes (Canada)
Wendy Morris (USA)

Can't wait to start creating for My stampbox.

Trinity College

2011-08-26T16:39:00.000+02:00

I made a new layout using this sketchy from Le blog KesiArt

It was a fun sketch to work with. I used a picture of Trinity college a Dublin. We went to Dublin in January 2011

Happy Friday!!

Go Retro challenge

2011-08-21T12:52:00.000+02:00

I made another layout for the callenges at Shimelle. This time I had to use a picture from before 2011. I had some pictures printed from my childhood and I choose one where I was still a baby. I think the picture is from somewhere in 1980 because I was born in august 1979.

I used the sketch from callaloo_soup

this is what I came up with

the pictures are not that great. I don't know if you can see, but I used craft cardstock.

Awful

2011-08-19T18:18:00.000+02:00

That's all that we can say about horrible thing that happened at Pukkelpop . Pukkelpop is a big music festival here in Belgium.

Last night, there was a very bad storm for only 10 - 15 minutes. It started to rain hard, lots of lightning and thunder, very windy, hail, .... Then the worst thing happened. One of the tents fell down because of the storm and another tent was destroyed by a tree. Lots of people where inside those tents to shelter for the bad weather. Can you imagine what happened. People fell down, were under the tree, lots of panic. The sad thing is: so far 5 people are dead and there are about 140 people injured. Still 5 people are struggling for their life.

I knew my sister was at the festival too so I was worried like hell. I send her a text message but she didn't answer right away. After about half an hour, she texted me that she was allright. She was so lucky because she was in the tent where the tree fell. She couldn't escape right away and there was a lot of panic. Finally she found a way out and lost her friends + boyfriend during the 'escape'. After about an hour, they finally found each other.

This is a picture of the tent and the red circle shows where she got out of the tent.

Here are some other pics:

Some layouts

2011-08-18T19:14:00.000+02:00

There are still some layouts that I didn't post yet. Here they are:

We love to travel (pic taken in Petra, Jordan)

In the airplane to Egypt

Harcourt Street in Dublin

My sister and dad looking at the map of Dublin

My dad getting married for the 2nd time

A mini-album: 5 years together, 5 destinations

3 is a magic number challenge + sketchy thursdays

2011-08-15T16:58:00.001+02:00

And here is my entry for another challenge at Shimelle
We had to use a group or 3 in the embellishments. I used 3 flowers and 3 butterflies.

Those pictures were taken in august last year. It was cold and windy although it was summer :-(
I used this wonderful sketch by Sketchy thursdays. I love playing with their sketches.

From the heart challenge

2011-08-15T14:16:00.000+02:00

For the challenge 'From the heart' at shimelle, I made a layout about a trip to Dublin. My dad invited my sister and I on a trip of 3 days to this wonderful city. We all fell in love with it.

Sorry for the bad picture. But the light is not so good over here.

Happiness

2011-08-14T11:18:00.000+02:00

The weather is aweful right now. It's raining cats and dogs, it's cold, ... and that while it is suppose to be summer. Grrrrrrrrrrrr, I want to see the sun and enjoy the outside life inside of staying indoors.

The only positive thing about the weather is that I love to crochet and scrap. I made a page yesterday and I did some crochet too.

It's a page about our trip to Petra in Jordany. My god, it was hot over there. It felt like we were melting. I'm glad we took some bottles of water with us. We really needed them.

I made this page, using this design from Shimelle for her online scrapbooking weekend. I had so much fun creating this.

Now something else. It's my sisters birthday in October so I already started creating her present. I'm making a blanket. I saw that Revlie made a lovely blanket for Ruben so I was totally inspired with it. I went to the shop to buy some wool and began crochetting.
This is how it looks right now

Have a wonderful, creative day!
xxx

Sketch time!

2011-08-13T12:25:00.000+02:00

Here we are again with another challenge at scrap&stamp

This time you get this wonderful sketch to work with. If you don't make double layouts just use one side of the sketch. That's what I did too.

This week you can use a lovely price offered by:

You can win this beautiful stamp:

Shopping!!!!

2011-08-11T20:48:00.000+02:00

I went scrapshopping yesterday together with my scrapbuddy Daphné. We live in Belgium and twice a year we go to Holland for some shopping.

First we went to Paper&Pictures in Doorn. Oooooo, I love that shop! It has loads and loads of paper. I always find some stamps that I love too. It's such a beautiful shop that looks like you are shopping in a living room instead of a shop.

After that, we drove to Heesch where we first had some lunch at Mc Donalds.

Then we headed to the Scrapbookwinkel. Lot's of diffrent stuff for scrapbookers, cards makers and even cake makers. Love to shop there too but my favourite is still Paper&Pictures.

This is what I bought yesterday. Didn't tell my boyfriend what I've spend ;-)

Gaming

2011-08-09T17:48:00.000+02:00

I've made a new layout using the sketch of Sketchy Thursdays

On New Years Eve, we were celebrating with 2 other couples. After our dinner, some of us were gaming on the Playstation 3.

Happy Tuesday!!

Travel Journal

2011-08-06T21:48:00.001+02:00

Remember I showed you my travel journal before we left on vacation? Well, it's finished now and you can see the result on YouTube. Just click on the image or on the link
Travel Journal Dominican Republic

Hope you like it cause it's my first travel journal ever that I finished completely # so proud#

We are back

2011-08-02T14:58:00.000+02:00

Our first view of the Dominican republic

check out my new hat!

Making fun on a beach

Nice view ....

On the Rio Yuma

Some red crabs found in the cave

The cave

Sugar cane fields

Catalina Island

Catalina Island with the cataman boat that took us to the island

On the boat

so cute

coconut

Our view from a beach restaurant

the village Altos de Chavon

the river Chavon

driving a buggy ....

.... makes you dirty

Lovely coctails

The local market

Me at the beach

Cock fight

Travel Journal

2011-07-11T16:42:00.001+02:00

Only two days left and we travel to the Dominican Republic. I really can't wait to relax in the sun, swim in the ocean, see the wonderful nature, .......

The last days, I was creating a travel journal. I used lots of stamps, paint and glimmer mist. Hope you like what I made.

Scrap and Stamp Challenge

2011-07-09T13:14:00.000+02:00

This week we have another GREAT sketch from Vicky - I love her 2 page layouts (I generally scrap that way and love that she uses tons of photos on each sketch). Please join in and use either side of the sketch or both pages (we have examples of both) in addition to a stamp on your layout!

The winner this week will receive flowers - some crocheted, some felt, some paper, etc... It will be a fun assortment of flowers!
Please go to our blog to see some examples.
Scrap and Stamp

Next wednesday, Eric and I leave for our vacation. Really can't wait to enjoy 2 weeks of sun, sand and sea. I'm working on a travel journal right now as I love to remember every single bit of the adventure.

New layout

2011-06-13T17:06:00.002+02:00

Last week, I finally found some time to scrap again! It was fantastic to create after almost a month.

On the layout you can see Eric and I while we were away for the weekend in November 2010. We went to Oostende, a city at the Belgian coast.

Scrap and Stamp Saturday

2011-06-05T14:36:00.000+02:00

It's weekend so that means another challenge at Scrap and Stamp Saturday

The challenge this week is a very easy one. Use a lot of .........

You can choose whatever you want. I used a lot of pics on my page about our cats. But you can choose to add lots of ribbon, buttons, flowers, glitter, .... It's up to you.

Hope you play all with us. You have two weeks to add your layout!
xxx
Isolde

Color challenge at SAS

2011-05-22T15:54:00.000+02:00

We have a new challenge again this week - a COLOR challenge! We want you to use Brown, Cream and ANY other color - you choose. As long as you use brown, cream, another color and a stamp, Link it up for your chance to win!

For some more inspiration, just have a look at our blog

http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com/

Look what I got ....

2011-05-19T19:39:00.001+02:00

two days ago!!!

My bf gave me this as an early birthday present. My birthday is in August but we go on vacation in July. We leave for 2 weeks and I don't want to carry along lots of books so I wanted an E-reader. It's a Sony PRS 650.
Any of you who know where I can buy (or better: get for free ;-)) some good books. All suggestions are welcome.

Love,
isolde

Celebrate the women in your life ...

2011-05-16T23:01:00.003+02:00

This was the post that I wasn't able to post here. I'm sorry that it's so late but you can still play with us at Scrap and Stamp.

Hi there,
Another challenge is up at Scrap and Stamp.
This week we are celebrating the Women in Your Life. You can choose your mom, sister, aunt, teacher or any woman you admire (it IS Mother's day weekend too!!).

The winner for this challenge will receive an Acrylic stamp set from Inkadinkadoo

I made this layout about my mum, my sister and me.

Don't forget to go to the blog of SAS and link up your page. You can find the link to the blog on the right side of my blog.
Love, Isolde

2011-05-16T23:01:00.001+02:00

I'm having problems with blogger. Hope to be back soon as I have a layout to share.

xxx, Isolde

Pencil Lines # 232

2011-04-17T12:49:00.004+02:00

I played with this wonderful sketch: I made a layout about Temple Bar in Dublin.

Getting messy and dirty

2011-04-14T14:42:00.002+02:00

Do you know Julie Fei-Fan Balzer? She makes fantastic creative layouts and art journals. I love her art journals a lot, more than her layouts. I saw on her website (http://www.balzerdesigns.typepad.com/) that she was teaching a layout workshop live on Prima. I could see it 'live' but I found the video and started creating. It was totally not the way I normaly scrap but I loved getting messy and dirty. I played with acrylic paint, glue, glimmer mist, stamps, .... If you want to give it a try too, this is the link to the video www.ustream.tv/recorded/13935332 This is what I created: What do you think? Do you like it or do you prefer my clean and simple style?

Tag it!!

2011-04-09T13:08:00.003+02:00

It's Saturday again and that means another challenge at Scrap and Stamp!!! This weeks challenge is to use TAGS on your pages. We have a prize package from Glitz Design for you this week. So - make your own tag, cut out a tag, use a pre-made tag AND a STAMP somewhere on your layout and link it up for your chance to win!

So, join us with this challenge and upload your page at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

Have a wonderful weekend! We are enjoying a lovely, sunny spring day!

Sketchy Thursdays

2011-03-23T21:11:00.002+01:00

The weather is wonderful over here. Plenty of sun and nice temperatures. Yeah, spring is in the air!!! It made me wanna scrap. I used the sketch of sketchy thursdays and some pics of our vacation in Djerba, Tunesia back in 2008.

Reflections + sketch 228 Pencillines

2011-03-12T13:15:00.004+01:00

The prize for playing along with us in this challenge is a cute little chipboard mini album from Creative Imaginations.
Our challenge this week will probably push you to really think. I know it did some of our team. But I hope you will take the challenge anyway. We want to see a layout about you, 'Reflections of you, right now' to be exact. If you are like I am you don't do enough pages about yourself. This will be a great one for our kids, grandkids, etc to get a feel of the real us one day. Don't forget the stamps!!

I created this layout about myself right now. I used the new Prima Flowers mask. I'm so in love with it.

I used this wonderful sketch # 228 by Pencillines

Come on, girls!!! Play along with us at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com/

Vintage Wednesday - music

2011-03-09T19:47:00.002+01:00

On Céline Navarro's blog, you can find her Vintage Wednesday music list. It inspired me to have a look at the hit list in the year that I became 18 (1997).
I still remember this song. It makes me think of the boy that I was totally in love with at that time. We stayed together for 3 years.

Pencillines sketch # 227

2011-03-07T14:21:00.003+01:00

I used this wonderful sketch from pencillines:
and created this layout about Harcourt Street in Dublin!

I'm having the week off so there will be some time for scrapping, reading, surfing the net, .... Yippeeeee!!!

Some layouts

2011-02-19T16:30:00.013+01:00

I still had some layouts that needed to be posted. It's weekend, so I had some time to upload them here.

I think that some of them were already posted but I'm not sure.

Have fun watching them and enjoy the weekend!

Today ...

2011-02-15T20:11:00.001+01:00

Look what was waiting for me on the kitchen table when I came home from work today ......

Love you, my sweety

Love ...

2011-02-13T12:58:00.005+01:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!! Yeah, I know, I'm a bit early but better early than late, don't you think?

And another Scrap and Stamp Saturday challenge has started.
This weeks challenge is "Love is in the Air." Show us some love in your layout, family love, pet love, coffee love..lol anything at all!

I made this page using the beautiful sketch at www.pencillines.com I love using sketches!!!

DT Call

2011-02-05T13:51:00.005+01:00

Our fantastic group is looking for some new DT members!! Please read the call and give it a try. You never know.

It is that time again! Time for us to add to our team! Would you like to be part of a fun group of ladies? Then we would love to have you!
We are looking for at least 4 more talented people to join our fabulous team!

The Requirements:
The term will be for 6 months (March 1st-Sept. 1st). You will need to submit one page every other week based on the challenges that you will receive ahead of time. The DT is split into 2 teams to make it easier on everyone. I try to give them out at least a month in advance so that you can work ahead if you wish. Of course we all know that life gets in the way at times and that is okay too. I just ask that you let me know as soon as possible if you are going to miss.

You will also need to leave some love to those who play along with us. We all love comments so we like to spread the love!
You will be working with your own supplies mostly. I am sorry that I can not offer you supplies each month but occasionally our sponsors do offer some fabulous goodies for the design team to play with.

All you need to do is send the following to us at scrapandstampsaturday@gmail.com with DT CALL in the subject line by Feb. 26th. I will be announcing the new members shortly afterwards!
1. A short bio-please include any design teams you have been on if any, and if you do sketches
2. 3-5 of your favorite layouts featuring stamping, after all that is what we are all about here!
3. A link to your blog if you have one

We would also love for you to play along with our upcoming challenges if you get a chance. This will give us a chance to see a little more of your work!

Good luck everyone! We can't wait to see what you all submit!

Scraptastic 2011

2011-01-22T13:40:00.002+01:00

Last year was the first edition of Scraptastic and I have to say: It was FANTASTIC!!!!! Very talented teachers, lots of fun and scrapbooking of course.
So, If you are still free on 23 - 25 september 2011 you really have to come to SCRAPTASTIC 2011!!!!

If you want more information about the workshops, the hotel, the teachers, ..... just go to http://scraptasticevent-2011.blogspot.com

New Challenge

2011-01-15T15:58:00.002+01:00

So has everyone gotten into the swing of the New Year yet? We are trying around here. Thanks for joining us for another Scrap and Stamp challenge. I hope you will play along with last weeks challenge too, you still have a week!

This week we are keeping the challenge easy. I know I am needing to get back into the swing of things after the holidays.
So this week it is an anything goes challenge. So just have fun with it. Just remember to use at least one stamp on your layout!

This is my layout. I travelled to Dublin last weekend. Had lots of fun there with my sister and dad.
I used the beautiful paper line by Birgit Koopsen (http://birigtkoopsen.typepad.com)

Upload your layout at our blog http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

favourite photos of 2010

2011-01-01T14:56:00.020+01:00

Welcome 2011!!!
Just like Nathalie Kalbach I wanted to show you my favourite photos of 2010.

* My dad getting married in February*

* Cold outsite so Baileys sleeps on the heating*

* Meeting Donna Downey in april*

* Visiting my sister and having dinner in a fantastic restaurant in May*

* Scrapbooking with friends in June*

* Historic Rally in June*

* Hot air balloon trip in July together with my dad, sister and Hilde*

* City trip to Rotterdam in August*

* My birthday on August 29th*

* The U2-concert in September*

* Me and my grandmother*

* Little trip to Oostende in October*

* Invited for a brunch in November*

* Snow in December*

* The party people on New Years'Eve*

Hope you enjoyed the little trip through my year 2010

2010-12-31T14:26:00.006+01:00

To all my wonderful friends!
May 2011 be a year full of love, happiness, luck and of course CREATIVITY!!!!!

Tatty Teddy - Have a Wonderful Christmas from Me to You

2010-12-25T00:24:00.001+01:00

Merry Christmas to all my sweet friends who visit my blog

xxx Isolde

Sketchy Thursdays

2010-12-21T19:34:00.002+01:00

I used this wonderful sketch by Sketchy Thursdays:
and created this layout with it!

Happy Holidays, everyone!!!!

Elines Huis

2010-12-18T19:05:00.001+01:00

Een super mooi boekje!!

Totally in love with this book.

I bought it 3 months ago.

Christmas - new challenge

2010-12-18T16:09:00.002+01:00

Thanks for joining us for another Scrap and Stamp challenge. You still have time to join in last weeks challenge too. If you had already posted a page you may want to make sure it is still there because our linkz link disappeared at some point this week. It is now back.
Our prize this week is going to be a surprise. Consider it a Christmas gift to whoever wins it...lol
This week our challenge is Christmas! I know it is similar to last weeks but what can I say I was in a Christmas mood! It is a perfect time to scrap last years pictures if you haven't yet so that you will be ready for the new ones. So show us those Christmas pages with at least one stamp!

Go over to our blog at http//scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

and play with us. There you will find the pages of our other design team members!

Christmas decoration

2010-12-15T20:37:00.007+01:00

Indeed, it's that time of the year again. I really love this period. So many lovely decorations, a warm house, a big christmas tree in the house, ...
It has been snowing the past weeks but now it has melted away.

My Christmas tree

Our trip to Oostende last November

2010-12-03T23:13:00.000+01:00

Eline Pellinckhof

2010-11-30T19:34:00.007+01:00

I went to a book fair in November and bought this wonderful book:

It has tons of inspiration for home decoration. I made this little birdie using that book:

Sketchy Thursdays

2010-11-17T18:44:00.002+01:00

I played again with Sketchy Thursdays! This is the sketch of this week: and I created this page with it. The colours look brighter in real life than on the picture.

Creative with glimmermist

2010-11-10T16:47:00.003+01:00

I've been playing with glimmermist, swirls, stamps and paper. This is the result:

Wreck this journal

2010-11-07T16:06:00.003+01:00

Every year from November 1st till November 11th, there is a giant book fair in Belgium. My dad and I are addicted to books so every year, we have to go there. I bought 2 novels and also this one:
I've heard so much about this book and I always wanted to have one by myself. I was so surprised to see it there and it's in Dutch too!!!! I didn't know they translated it. Can't wait to get started with it. Do you have one too?????

My dad gave me a fat book about sewing. There are plenty of techniques explained in it and the best part is that it shows pics of every step. I totally love it. I wanted to start sewing right away and guess what??? I'm now wearing my first selfmade skirt. So damn PROUD of it!!!

Fall or sport activities.

2010-10-30T14:20:00.001+02:00

The challenge at scrap and stamp Saturday (http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com) this week is to create a page about fall or sport acitivities. The sponsor this week is:
The winner can choose 2 digis of their choice.

In the fall 2007, my friend Daphné and I went for a walk and took some fall pics. I used them to create a mini album. You can see some of my pages below:

Oh yes, if you decide to play with us at SSS, don't forget to use at least 1 stamp!

Happy Halloween!

Sketch

2010-10-24T19:16:00.003+02:00

I used the sketch of Piens Weblog to create this layout about a fisherman in Djerba. The photo is not the best quality because you can see the flashlight reflection. On the bottom of this post, you can see the same layout without the flashlight reflection.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Paint

2010-10-23T16:20:00.000+02:00

Our new challenge at Scrap and Stamp is to use paint on the borders of your pictures. You can win a gift certificate of $15 in this shop: I didn't have time to scrap this week so I took one of my pages I made a long time ago. I think I created this one in 2006. I think you can see that my style has changed by the years. I liked it a lot back then, but now I'm not sure about it anymore. Oh well, I guess everyone has those feelings about a few layouts, don't you?

Fall is in the country and you can see it when you look outside: rain, rain, rain,.... Ideal for some scrapping, don't you think?

Pencil Lines

2010-10-17T14:49:00.003+02:00

Pencil lines is celebrating 4 years of inspiration today! Every hour they are posting a sketch of the past years and you have the change to win a RAK with every sketch. So, go quickly to www.pencillines.com and play with them.

I chose this sketch

and made this layout with it.

Stitches

2010-10-16T15:38:00.003+02:00

Indeed, this is this weeks challenge at Scrap and Stamp Saturday (http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com)

We want to see stiching at your layout. It can be real or faux!!! The sponsor this week is:
The winner will receive 4 images of their choice.

I made this layout:

I used this wonderful sketch of Sketchy Thursdays! Their sketches always give me lots of inspiration. Totally in love with them.

So, how is your weekend going? I hope it's better than mine. I have a sore throat and a painful head. I think I have my first real cold of this autumn.

Have fun creating, girls!

Scrap and Stamp challenge

2010-10-02T13:28:00.003+02:00

This week, it's an easy challenge. Anything is fine. So let your creative juices flow and start creating. Don't forget to use at least 1 stamp :-)

You can win some beautiful digis by:

This is what I came up with. A simple layout about the wedding of my dad and his girlfriend Hilde.

This is a picture of Christina. The beautiful daughter of my sweet friend Tamara. When I knew that Tamara was having a daughter I started knitting. I wanted to give her a special gift. This is how it looks like.

Scraptastic 2010

2010-09-28T19:38:00.013+02:00

This weekend I went to Scraptastic!! What a fantastic event. We stayed there for the weekend and did lots of awesome workshops. On Saturday I did a workshop by Birgit Koopsen and Nathalie Kalbach. On Sunday I did again 2 workshops. This time by Evelien Verschelde and Birgit Koopsen.

Thanks, Hobbyfarm, for this amazing event. Can't wait till next year.

Our bedroom

Some snacks

Birgit Koopsen

Playing with alcohol inkt

Working hard

My partner in crime: Daphné

Nathalie Kalbach

Workshop by Nathalie Kalbach

Me and Nathalie

Ironing and ...

even sewing!

Sketchy Thursdays

2010-09-21T22:30:00.003+02:00

I am totally in love with the sketches at Sketchy Thursdays. This is the sketch of this week:

And this is what I made with it:

While we were on vacation in Djerba, we saw people selling all kinds of stuff on the beach. Made a layout about them.

Numbers

2010-09-20T18:49:00.002+02:00

Our challenge this week is to use numbers. You can use them in your title, your paper choice, embellishments, ... Everything is perfect!
Don't forget to use at least 1 stamp too.

Our sponsor this week is:
The winner gets 3 cut files of their choice.

I made this page for the challenge. Sorry for the bad picture but the light wasn't very good that day ;-(

You can find the other pages on http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

New challenge

2010-09-11T13:58:00.003+02:00

A new challenge at the Scrap and Stamp blog (http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com)
Our sponsor this week is:
This time,we have another sketch made by our talented Paola:

I made a page about the lighthouse at the island Djerba, Tunesia. Sorry for the bad picture but it was already dark outside when I took it.

Enjoy the weekend!

Busy, busy, busy

2010-09-10T16:34:00.008+02:00

The start of the new schoolyear is always very busy for me as I'm a teacher in grade 3 (age 7 - 8 years). That's also why I didn't post any new layouts .

Last Sunday we needed some US-time so Eric and I went to the coast for a look walk on the pier.

Meet ...

2010-08-31T12:05:00.003+02:00

this new member of the family. I created this little rabbit for my sister. Her rabbit died two weeks ago and I wanted to give her something to cheer her up. This one will live forever so she won't have to be sad. It was the first time I used my sewing machine to create a stuffed animal and I absolutly loved it. There will be more animals soon ;-)

Buttons

2010-08-28T16:06:00.002+02:00

This weeks challenge is to create your own buttons. You can find all the information and tutorial on the blog: http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com/

I made this page. You can see my father-in-law opening his christmas present. I used the sketch of Sketchy Thursdays.

Tomorrow is my birthday!!!! I'm so looking forward to it. My sister who lives 2 hours away from us is coming over to celebrate. Can't wait to see her again.

Another bag

2010-08-27T20:46:00.004+02:00

My grandmother asked me if I wanted to make her a handbag. As most of you know, I recently started sewing. My grandmother gave me her sewing machine (from the '70s) and now, I'm always surfing the net for cute tutorials.

What do you think? Will she like it?

In a local 'sewing shop' I ordered these name labels. I chose the name 'Sollie Wollie' as my best friend and my sister always call me like that. The little image on the label is a sewing machine ;-)

Enjoy the weekend!

Love

2010-08-22T16:04:00.003+02:00

The challenge this week is to create a page about something that you love. It can be anything at all. It doesn't matter if it's silly, funny or even serious. We can't wait to see what you come up with. And as always: don't forget to use at least one stamp!!!

The sponsor this week is:
http://laurettasdigitalstamps.blogspot.com/
The winner will receive some digis of their choice. So go quickly to her blog and have a look!

Since a few weeks I'm totally in love with Vitamin Water. I don't know if you have it in your country but it's in Belgium since a few months.

Oh yes, this is the link again to the blog of scrap and stamp saturday: http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

Sketch

2010-08-14T17:53:00.003+02:00

Yes, it's saturday again and that means another challenge at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com/

This week you can win a prize from this fantastic scrapbook brand:

All you have to do is make a layout with the sketch:

I created this one:

Enjoy the weekend!

2 page layout challenge

2010-08-09T15:35:00.002+02:00

Hi everyone,

Here is the next challenge at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com
We want you to create a 2 page layout and ofcourse you need to use a stamp too.

The price this week is a gift certificat for this shop!
I created a page about our vacation in Djerba almost 2 years ago.

Have fun creating!

Transformation ;-)

2010-08-05T19:01:00.004+02:00

I was in a shop when I saw this lovely baby t-shirt. There were sales and I only paid 0,50 euro!!! I fell in love with the print on it. Then, suddenly, I got an idea. I rushed to the 'Veritas' where they sell zippers and I bought a flashy pink zipper. When I got home, I ran to my sewing machine and ....

This is the result! A little purse for my pocket camera. The lining inside is pink like the zipper is pink too.

Do you remember the layout in my last post? The one with the pancakes? I was one of the favourites at the Sketchy Thursday webblog!!! I was so thrilled when I saw my layout posted on their site. Thanks a lot, Sketchy Thursday, love you!

Sketchy Thursdays

2010-08-03T14:20:00.002+02:00

I'm totally in love with the sketches at Sketchy Thursdays (http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com)

This is the sketch of this week:

And this is what I made with it:

On the picture you can see the cook that made pancakes every day during tea time while we were in Djerba in 2008.

Buttons + award

2010-07-26T16:07:00.002+02:00

Here I am again with the new challenge at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com/
This week we want you to use buttons on your layout. Sounds easy, isn't it? Hope you all participate and show us a lovely layout using buttons. Can't wait to see what you came up with.

This week we have a new sponsor, Jillibean Soup!! The winner of this challenge receives this wonderful prize:

This is what I made this week. It's a picture that I took when we were in Tunesia almost 2 years ago!

And for the Dutch speaking readers of my blog:

Ik kreeg deze award van Viv (http://vivscrapaholic.blogspot.com/)

Bedankt, Viv;-)

De wereld van bloggers is verbazingwekkend. Door 't bloggen heb ik vrienden gemaakt en plaatsen bezocht waar ik anders nooit gekomen zou zijn. Vriendelijkheid en medeleven is wat ik ervaar als ik er kom.Ik hoop dan ook dat deze award weer wordt doorgegeven, net als ik nu doe aan:

Ik geef de award aan: Daphné, Birgit Koopsen en Mandy!

Baywatch

2010-07-18T14:05:00.002+02:00

Here I am with another layout! I used this weeks sketch at http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com

Last night I sewed another handbag. I'll post some pics soon.

Handmade

2010-07-16T22:39:00.005+02:00

My grandmother gave me her sewing machine. I think it's more than 40 years old but it still works. I read the instructions and tried if it still works and it did. So I started searching the internet for patterns of handbags. I found a very nice one at http://www.ottobredesign.com

The next day I went to the shop and bought some nice fabrics and started sewing. This is how it turned out. What do you think about it????

I'm really into sewing right now so I already bought some new fabrics for another bag. If any of you have some nice patterns of websites with patterns of handbags, please let me know!! You would make me sooooooooooooooo happy.

Enjoy the weekend!

love, Isolde

New challenge

2010-07-10T22:19:00.002+02:00

Hi everyone,
Here I am again. I'm enjoying very hot summer weather here in Belgium. I love it a lot but the only negative thing about it is that I'm not in the mood for scrapping. I have tons of ideas but I can't create. Frustrating!!!

I forced myself to scrap wednesday evening and I had so much fun. I made a layout for the new challenge at http://scrapandstampsaturday.blogspot.com

This week you can win 2 digis of your choice from this sponsor:

I hope you all play along with us and use this sketch for this week. Our talented member Paola designed this sketch.

This is what I did with the sketch.

So, grap your stuff and create a layout with this wonderful sketch. Leave a link at the website of SSS and maybe you'll win!

Still alive

2010-07-02T12:34:00.003+02:00

I'm so sorry for not posting the past weeks. Life has been busy around here. Two days ago was the last schoolday before summer holidays. It was superbusy with meetings with the parents and getting all the stuff ready for the end of the schoolyear. I'm having 2 months summer holidays right now but that doesn't mean that I don't have to work. Yesterday and today I need to visit the parents of the kids that will be in my class next year. I want to work a bit ahead for next year too.

All of this nees to be done in very hot weather. We will have 37°C today. It's too hot to sit outside.

Revolution.com

2010-06-21T20:29:00.004+02:00

Do you know Birgit Koopsen???? If you don't know her, you should be ashamed ;-)
She's a wonderful creative woman who lives in Holland. She had the opportunity to launch her own paper line (you can see it below).

She's having a give-away at her blog

http://birgitkoopsen.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Have a nice day!
Isolde

Sketchy Thursdays

2010-06-17T07:38:00.004+02:00

I have been scrapping again!!! Yesterday evening I made another layout using this beautiful sketch at Sketchy Thursdays (http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/)

We celebrated New Years'Eve with our wonderful friends. It was an evening full of nice food, drinks, fun, .... This picture was taken right before midnight!

Last weekend, I went scrapping to Krisje! It was a fantastic day and I even got some scrapping done, haha.

A picture of our breakfast in Djerba, Tunesia!

Have a nice day!!!

New Challenge

2010-06-09T17:38:00.002+02:00

This weeks challenge is another sketch. It was made by Lacey from our DT.
The winner of this week will recieve 5 free digital stamps of their choice. It's offered by Whimsy Stamps.

This is the sketch of this week

My layout

Have fun creating!!!

Workshop by Céline Navarro

2010-06-02T19:12:00.002+02:00

Hi everyone,

Have a look at this fantastic news that Céline posted on her blog!!!! Doesn't it looks like lots of fun?
This is what she's telling us:

What will you do during the Soccer World Cup this summer?

Your husband is CRAZY about Soccer and you already feel anxious about the World Cup being the NUMBER ONE priority in the house?

Scared to be bored?

NO WAY! COME AND SCRAP WITH ME INSTEAD!
MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY AND TAKE MY ONLINE CLASS!

Come join me for my first 4 week class : you will learn many techniques (my favorites!), you'll be inspired by trendy color combos, you'll be in love with new sketches, and you'll participate in the most fun, colorful, technique workshop you've ever taken!

For 25€, you'll have access to :
· a private blog with workshops posted every Tuesday and Friday with exclusive and brand new layouts made by Céline
· new color combos twice a week
· new sketches posted twice a week
· TWO new techniques posted twice a week
· inspirationnal posts posted every week
· my "soccer" and "non-soccer" thoughts and feelings (always in a funny way)
· what's going on during the World Cup with a different look to it : get to know the countries that participate int he World Cup
· VIDEO tips and techniques!
· access to a FLICKR gallery for you to post your beauties
· TWO live chats where you'll be able to ask your questions
· full supply lists of products used on my projects

and all this for a WHOLE MONTH!!!

And, the icing on the cake, for the BIG FINAL game, your last class will be a FULL mini album class because, hey! It's the WORLD CUP! :)

And you'll be able to order the kit if you want to.

Don't feel like you HAVE to watch the Soccer games, get READY TO SCRAP!
SIGN-UPS until JUNE 10th 2010. BEGINNING OF THE WORKSHOPS : JUNE 11th2010. END OF WORKSHOPS : JULY 11th 2010.

So If you want to sign up(and I can't think of one reason why you shouldn't, seriously!) go over here and you can pay by paypal

New Challenge + tutorial for felt flowers

2010-05-29T16:57:00.005+02:00

The challenge this week at Scrap and Stamp Saturday (you can find the link on the right bar) is simple! We would love to see handmade flowers with at least one stamp used on your layout! Easy enough right we all love flowers, right?

I've made a tutorial for felt flowers. Feel free to use it. If you make any flowers and you use it on your layout, could you leave a comment with your blog? I would love to see your creations.

What you need?
- 3 colours felt
- scissors
- glue or other adhesive
- button

How does it work?

Draw 1 large petal and 1 smaller petal on paper. You can choose what size you want.

Cut out the templates and draw the petals on the felt. You will need 6 small petals and 12 large ones.

· 6 small ones in 1 colour
· 6 large ones in another colour
· 6 large ones in the third colour

Form each set of 6 petals into an overlapping circle. Glue each petal to the adjacent petal.

When you finish them all, you will have 3 flower layers

Stick the 3 layers on each other and use adhesive on top to stick the button.

Finished!!!

I used the sketch of Creative Scrappers for this layout!! You surely have to go over there to see the lovely sketches they have. http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/