Card

Today I made this card for my aunt, using Gesso, chalk and embossing powder.

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing was een feestje! Geweldig gecast. Een musical met prachtige dansnummers, humor en vol herinneringen natuurlijk. Een bijzondere sfeer in het theather en het liefst waren we blijven zitten tot de avondvoorstelling. Zodat we alles nog een keer konden bekijken. Een absolute aanrader!! Wij vonden de musical nog leuker dan de film!!

May kit

Here's my work with the May kit from Scrap-Club. Thanks for looking!!

For this layout: Can I have more moments like these please, I added a Heidi Swapp ghost clock and an accent thicker. I made the little letter stickers myself using my dymo labelwriter. The letters from the kit are painted white. You can paint them easily and still see some of the glitter which gives a nice effect.
The journaling is about them being brothers but not friends lately.
Tim and Thomas. Brothers. Sometimes friends. Lately they tease and challenge each other a lot and to be honest: sometimes they drive me crazy. I often tell them that there’s only one boy in the world that they call brother…. But I also see that they are totally different kids. One loves cats and the other loves dogs. One played with trains and the other with cars. One goes to the left and the other turns right. And I think that they wouldn’t have become friends if they were only classmates. But I love them. Both. My child that loves cats and my child that loves dogs. My child that played with trains and my child that played with cars. My child that askes me to walk to the left with him and my child that wants me to turn to the right with me. So when I see them like this. Together. It makes me happy. And I just have to take a picture! And boys: can I have more moments like these please???

Max. My sketch for this month. You can make it even with some leftovers but I like the effect of the squares. I painted the background using a “lino-roller” like Céline Navarro did. Behind the picture is a hidden journaling about Max always asking me if he can play with clay when he visits us. My answer is always no because I don’t like playing with clay…. To make up with him I bought some play-doh when we visited Maggie and Max in Zeeland. And I must admit that it was fun and Max’ happiness contagious!

I thought that this paper was perfect for the wedding picture of my grandparents. Look at the dark shoes my grandma is wearing! The little picture is a copy of their wedding document. I added some paper ribbon, a few flowers and antique lace that I’ve got from my aunt.

Do you see an ANGEL or a BAD BOY? As soon as I saw these pocket tags from ColorsConspiracy I knew what kind of layout I wanted to make…. These pictures were taken at the 65th birthday party of my mother. We went to the Zoo in Arnhem and grandma promised to buy a stuffed animal for her 4 grandsons. Thomas wanted this meerkat so badly that he almost couldn’t wait and ask over and over again when we were going to buy his presents. Really annoying…. But look at the big picture, he was so happy when he finally got it that he even posed in front of the space where the meerkats lived!
So the evenement, officiel and confidentiel tags were perfect to tell this story!!

All stuff from this great May kit!! I only added two pieces of wallpaper ;) Corinne Delis took these pictures at her Scrap-a-Licious workshop. Great pictures for the imagination/inspiration/art/emotion paper. All words that are about scrapping!!! And the journaling says: I loved every minute of this day!!

I handcutted the little bird from the transparency (the part with the swirls) and painted it. I also added some accent thickers to make a "nest".

So now I'm off to Utrecht to see Dirty Dancing with my mom!

Almost kit day and again the Arte y Pico award :D

The sweet and amazingly talented Janine gave me also the Arte y Pico award. Now I've got it twice. I feel honored and if you could see me now: I'm the one with the big smile on her face. :D

I already gave it to 5 very talented and inspiring ladies and if you want to know their names you can read it in my post of April 9th. (and yes you do want to know it!!)

Tomorrow is kit day at Scrap-Club. I think I've never made so many layouts with the kit before! I made 6 layouts plus a card. Does that mean that I had my own personal marathon? A few sneaks and you can see the work of the DT tomorrow here! And of course the sketch (mine this month ;) ....) on the blog.

Enjoy your weekend!

Hugs Petra

Klussen/redecorating

De laatste weken zijn we druk geweest met de kinderkamers maar op de tafel ligt de nieuwe kit van Scrap-Club. Tussen het schuren en verven door heb ik 3 layouts en een scraplift uit het Designing with Recipe book van Autumn Leaves gemaakt. Ik kan wel iedere zeggen dat het superleuke en inspirende boeken zijn maar dat laten zien door middel van een layout is volgens mij nog beter! Hieronder de sneak.

The last couple of weeks we were busy redecorating the kids rooms but on my table is the new kit of Scrap-Club. So in between the sanding and the painting I made 3 layouts and a scraplift from the Designing with Recipe book of Autumn Leaves. I can keep telling over and over again that these books are fun and inspiring but I thought I'd better show it by lifting one of the layouts! So here's a sneak.

De kamers van de jongens zijn bijna klaar. Gisteren was Tonie boekenplanken en wissellijsten aan het ophangen en heb ik gauw een aantal foto's gemaakt. De jongens hadden allebei een themakamer met muurschilderingen (piraten en auto's) en na de metamorfose is het zeker bij Tim een echte tienerkamer geworden.

We redecorated the rooms of the boys and we are almost finished. Yesterday, when Tonie was busy with the bookshelfs, I made some pictures. Tims room looks like a teenager room now and it make me realize how fast he's growing up.

De nieuwe kleuren....

New colors......

Tonie heeft voor Tim een buro met kast op maat gemaakt en al die blokjes hout heeft hij gebruikt om er een bijzonder buroblad van te maken. Helemaal geweldig. Ik heb Tim al gevraagd wanneer hij uit huis gaat want dit is een perfecte scrapkamer ;)

Tonie made this special study corner for Tim. I love how it turned out and especially the decoration of the desk with the wooden pieces. Also I asked Tim when he'll move out because this is a perfect scrappingroom ;)

De basis bij Thomas is hetzelfde maar hij wilde graag een Pokémon kamer en we hebben alle accessoires die we konden vinden gebruikt om dat sfeertje te maken.

The basics at Thomas' room are the same but he wanted a Pokémon room so we used all kinds of Pokémon stuff for the decorating.

En mocht hij over een half jaar Spiderman fan worden is dat ook geen probleem.... ;)
And if he wants to become a Spiderman fan in about half a year we can change his room easily.... ;)

De groene kledingkast heeft Tonie al eerder op maat voor Thomas' kamer gemaakt!

The green wardrobe is also handmade by Tonie!

De jongens zijn er erg blij met hun nieuwe kamers en wij ook!!

The boys are very happy with their new rooms and so are we!!!

Dit weekend ga ik met mijn moeder naar de musical Dirty Dancing in Utrecht. Ik verheug mij er zo op! Ik kan mij nog goed herinneren dat ik samen met haar naar de bioscoop ging in Arnhem. Daarna zijn we samen met een tante nog een keer gegaan. een heerlijke film. Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe de musical zal zijn.

This weekend my mom and I will go to the musical Dirty Dancing in Utrecht! I so looking forward to it! I remember that we went to the cinema in Arnhem to see the movie and when we went for a second time we took my aunt with us. I loved that movie and I'm curious about the musical.

Hugs, Petra

Update + some extra sneaks

Eindelijk weer tijd en energie om te bloggen. Vorige week werd Tim ziek en daarna voelde ik mij niet fit. Het lijkt wel alsof de kinderen alleen op donderdag ziek worden, de dag dat ik alleen werk en dus niet kan ruilen of vrij nemen. We hebben nu oma en opa maar full-time in dienst genomen voor die dag ;)

Finally some time and energy to blog. Last week Tim got ill and I didn't feel good too. It seems that the boys always become ill on a Thursday. The only day of the week that I have to work alone. And that means that I can't take a day off or change my workschedule. We are so lucky to have my mom and dad nearby!!

Allereerst wil ik Mariska bedanken. Zo ontzettend lief en leuk om een Arte y Pico te krijgen!! Ik vind haar layouts en projecten altijd prachtig en tot in de puntjes perfect. Dat ik deze award van haar krijg beschouw ik als een heel groot compliment!!

First of all I would like to thank Mariska for giving me the Arte y Pico award !! This is so sweet and nice!! I love her beautiful layouts and projects with perfect details. So I consider getting this award from her as a very big compliment!!

I have to pass this on to five other bloggers that, I think, deserve this award for their creativity, design or what else and no matter what their language is.
- Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to her/his blog to be visited by everyone.

- Each award winner has to show the image of the award and put the name and blog link of the person that has given you the award.

- Award winner and the person that has given the award have to show the link of Arte Y Pico blog for everyone to know the origin of this award.
- Last but not least show these rules.

So here are five talented ladies that I would nominate:

- Birgit because she made me want to be a scrapper

- Monique, Christiane and Nili because I'm proud to be a part of the Scrap-Club designteam and these girls amaze and inspire me every single month

- Astrid, because she's such a nice person and I love her talent and creativity

We zijn druk bezig met het veranderen van de kinderkamers. De jongens hebben een kleur blauw voor op de muren uitgekozen waar je ogen pijn van doen en vinden het prachtig. (Ik ook maar dat geef ik nu nog niet toe....) Vanochtend heb ik 1 muur met schrootjes en de cv's geschilderd. Gisteravond heeft Tonie de plafonds gewit en nu zijn de overige muren aan de beurt. Oh en al die blokjes hout heeft Tonie gebruikt om een bureaublad voor Tim mee te maken. Het eindresultaat zal ik zeker nog een keer laten zien!

We are busy redecorating the rooms of the Tim and Thomas. The boys have chosen a color blue for the walls that makes your eyes hurt and they love it (me too but I don't want to admit that yet...) And by the way: Tonie used all the pieces of wood for an officedesk for Tim. I'll show a picture as soon as it is finished!

Ook is de nieuwe kit van Scrap-Club met spullen van ColorsConspiracy gearriveerd! Helemaal leuk, ik kom tijd te kort!

Also the new kit from Scrap-Club arrived. I'm in love with this new stuff from ColorsConspiracy. If I only had more time...

So far I made 3 layouts this one is for the sketch. Sorry Monique and Christiane that it took so long ;)



And I had really fun making this lo!

And I made a vintage lo with this brandnew stuff!

Gisteravond heb ik een workshop gegeven aan Marike en Annelies. Leuk om te zien dat er na een gezellige avond scrappen 2 canvasdoeken ontstaan die het waard zijn om opgehangen te worden!

Yesterday I gave a workshop for 2 ladies that wanted to make a canvas. I love how both canvases turned out and we had a really nice evening.

Als afsluiter de layout die ik voor de OLW challenge Blessed heb gemaakt. Geen makkelijke layout om te maken want er kwamen veel herinneringen naar boven.

Last but not least the layout I made for the OLW word challenge Blessed. This lo was not easy to make because of all the memories that came back.

Have a nice day! Hugs Petra