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Not so random blathering

2012-02-25T09:54:00.005+01:00

Hey all! Nothing to show you today, but a little something i wanted to tell you: today is the second anniversary of my accident. It's been two years now, since i was run over by a car as a pedastrian. And i received two gifts to celebrate: a happy one and a... well... second one. The happy one is that i've been published in the latest Carnets de scrap! I haven't seen it yet, more info as soon

Hobby Farm DT lay out: February challenge

2012-02-23T21:52:00.001+01:00

Hey all! How about something not 'art journaly'? How about a lay out challenge? Here's the new Hobby Farm challenge! Coucou! Que diriez-vous de quelque chose non 'art journaly'? Que diriez-vous d'un challenge page? Voici le nouveau challenge Hobby Farm! The sketch / Le sketch: My take on it / Mon interprétation: I started with 2 Lord Tim of Holtz papers (Lost and found/ In the attic) but all

Journal on Monday: week 15

2012-02-20T19:16:00.002+01:00

Hey all! Ok. I know i promised to be back soon... but... i left for Lille for the 'Pour l'amour du scrap' show with my iPad and thought i could keep you posted on the event with it. I only forgot one detail: my lack of knowledge of the thing to make it work properly under blogger. Which I figured out now... So, i made a little page this morning. Being so tired didn't make it easy, but i had fun ;

Journal on Monday: week 14

2012-02-13T15:43:00.005+01:00

Hey all! This week has gone by so fast, i'm happy to have my Journal on Monday to remind me a new one is already starting! I had a blast creating today's page, i hope you can tell: Coucou! La semaine est passée tellement vite que je suis bien contente d'avoir mon Journal on Monday pour me rappeler qu'une nouvelle semaine commence! Je me suis éclatée à créer la page du jour, j'espère que ça se

Journal on Monday: week 13

2012-02-06T17:42:00.000+01:00

Hey all! Happy Monday every one! Thought this might make your upcoming week a bit more cheerful ;) So, today's page: Coucou! Joyeux lundi tout le monde! Je me suis dit que ceci égaierait votre semaine ;) Alors, la page d'aujourd'hui: Journaling: 'We don't need to know all the answers.'I'm adding, for the first time, some of the steps: Journaling: 'Nous n'avons pas besoin de connaître

Calendar Challenge: February

2012-02-01T15:01:00.001+01:00

Hey all! New month means new page in my journal for the Calendar Challenge by Kate. I had great fun playing with Colorex watercolors (loooooove the colors) and a Donna Downey stamp. Speaking of which made me want to add some masking tape ;) Coucou!Qui dit nouveau mois, dit nouvelle page dans mon journal pour le Challenge Calendrier de Kate. Je me suis bien amusée avec les aquarelles de Colorex

Journal on Monday: week 12

2012-01-30T21:28:00.001+01:00

Hey all! For all of you (like Marjie ;) ) who have been missing me or waiting for today's post: i apologize! It's been a busy week and with no further ado: here's my today's journal page: Coucou!Pour toutes celles (comme Marjie ;) ) a qui j'ai manqué ou qui attendent mon message d'aujourd'hui: je m'excuse! Ce fut une grosse semaine et sans plus attendre: voici mon art journal du jour:

Journal on Monday: week 11

2012-01-23T12:28:00.001+01:00

Hey all! I've got two pages for you today and... i'm not giving up on the 'let's share some love'! So, when you're done enjoying my pages (and leaving me a sign you came by), join in the fun: make a journal page, any page, and link you blog message or gallery up with InkLinkz at the end of this post so we can all... share some love! Coucou!J'ai deux pages pour vous aujourd'hui et... je

Hobby Farm DT lay out: january challenge

2012-01-21T20:41:00.000+01:00

Hey all! This month Hobby Farm in Eeklo is offering a new chance at winning a 10 euro voucher. So join in the fun! It's a cute sketch and on the Hobby Farm blog you'll find totally different ideas for interpretation. Here's mine: Coucou tout le monde!Ce mois-ci Hobby Farm à Eeklo vous offre une nouvelle chance de gagner un bon d'achat de 10 euros. Alors, rejoignez-nous pour une page! C'est un

Journal on Monday: week 10

2012-01-16T17:55:00.004+01:00

Hey all! Today: a little story and an invitation to share! Coucou tout le monde!Aujourd'hui: une petite histoire et une invitation au partage! The story behind the page: i really felt like journaling Saterday, but although mister mojo was present, my hands couldn't get anything right. And being in my forward motion, i refused to start over again. After quite a struggle, i had to leave

don't disturb

2012-01-13T10:37:00.000+01:00

Hey all! Just a quicky: while teaching my Scrappers of the round table technique class yesterday, one of the ladies asked me to include a class on modelling paste. This remind me that i made this tag a couple of months ago and never showed it... Coucou!Un petit message vite fait: en donnant mon atelier technique des Scrappeuses de la table ronde hier, une des dames m'a demandé d'inclure un

Journal on Monday: week 9

2012-01-09T17:38:00.000+01:00

Hey all! A little page in my art journal: Coucou! Une petite page dans mon art journal: Journaling: 'Wear your passion, always.' Journaling: 'Porte/Use ta passion, toujours.' I colorised the paper using Neocolors II (water-soluble wax pastels) and then deluting it with water. The grey is Golden neutral grey acrylic paint, applied with a palette knife. The text is a stamp stamped with black

Scrapbook life journal

2012-01-06T16:15:00.000+01:00

Hey all! Seems i can't get enough of art journaling, so i subscribed to Stephanie Ackerman's Scrapbook *Life* Journal, which is an online class. Duration: the 366 days of 2012! Here's my year book: Coucou!Il semble queje n'arrive pas à satiété en ce qui concerne le art journaling, donc je me suis inscrite à l'atelier en ligne Scrapbook * Life* Journal de Stephanie Ackerman. Durée: les 366 jours

Journal on Monday: week 8

2012-01-02T12:26:00.000+01:00

Hey all! January kicked in, hopefully as happy for you as it did for me. Last time i showed you the journal i made to participate in Kate's Calendar challenge. Here's my January page: Coucou!Janvier est entré en scène, j'espère de manière aussi heureuse pour vous qu'il ne l'a fait pour moi. La dernière fois je vous ai montré le journal que j'ai fait pour participer au Calendar challenge de Kate.

Journal on Monday... on Friday!

2011-12-30T18:17:00.000+01:00

Hey all! This will be my last message for 2011, and what better way to start it then by wishing you a frangifantastic 2012! May your sweetest dreams come true and may happiness be with you all the 366 days.I promised to show what i'm working on in my art journal and better late then never, here it is... Coucou!Ceci est mon dernier message pour l'année 2011 et quel meilleur moyen de le commencer

Use It Tuesday: favourite sports team colors

2011-12-27T07:00:00.001+01:00

Hey all! First of all, i hope you had a wonderful Christmas with lots of love and twinkles! For today it's a sad post, because everything that has a beginning, has an end. Today i'm posting my last piece as a member of the Use It Tuesday design team. A hole new team is getting ready to inspire you for the upcoming challenges of the new year. I wish them as much fun as i had during this adventure!

Journal on Monday week 6

2011-12-19T16:00:00.001+01:00

Hey all! Don't have much to say today, but get ready for a picture overload! First my page for today: Coucou!Je n'ai pas grand chose à dire aujourd'hui, mais préparez-vous à une surcharge de photos! Tout d'abord, voici ma page du jour: Journaling: 'Never have regrets. Because at one point, everything you did was exactly what you wanted.' This page is actually the sum of everything i learned

New lay out for a new design team

2011-12-16T12:09:00.000+01:00

Hey all! I can finally spill the beans! A couple of weeks ago i was contacted by Hobby Farm, a Belgian shop located in Eeklo, asking me if a would accept to be part of their DT. Of course i would! Every month they have a lay out challenge which you can check out on their blog. This is this month's sketch: Coucou! Je peux enfin dévoiler le grand secret! Voilà quelques semaines que j'ai été

Use It Tuesday: Holiday

2011-12-13T08:53:00.000+01:00

Hey all! For this weeks Use It Tuesday you're asked to dive into your stash and make a Holiday card / page / home deco... I made mine while giving make and takes with the kit at hand, just to show that you can make something totally different with the same papers and stamp. Coucou tout le monde!Cette semaine, pour le challenge de Use It Tuesday, nous vous demandons de plonger dans votre matos et

Journal on Monday week 5

2011-12-12T20:18:00.002+01:00

Hey all! I planned to finish this page this evening by just adding some wording, but after my visit with the surgeon i really don't feel like it. So i'm posting it as it is. It was an exercise on forward motion which is a great feeling! Coucou tout le monde!J'avais prévu de finaliser cette page ce soir en rajoutant du journaling, mais après ma visite chez le chirurgien l'envie m'est vraiment

7 Dots Studio Challenge

2011-12-08T09:45:00.002+01:00

Hey all! As i'm totally in love with Finnabair's papers by 7 Dots Studio i could not not enter their challenge. We had to use photoboot pictures and that's where Lord Tim of Holtz die came in handy. Coucou tout le monde!Puisque je suis totalement amoureuse des papiers de Finnabair par 7 Dots Studio je ne pouvais pas manquer leur challenge. Nous devions utiliser des photos style 'cabine' et c'est

Journal on Monday week 4

2011-12-05T16:22:00.000+01:00

Hey all! I don't have much to tell about today's page, except: just give it a try yourself! And to enhance the experience, put on some Harry Potter music just like i did. It took me all afternoon to make it, but it felt like doing magic! Coucou tout le monde!Je n'ai pas grand chose à dire à propos de la page d'aujourd'hui, si ce n'est: essayez le journaling vous-même! Et pour améliorer encore

Classes with Finnabair 2/4

2011-12-01T13:41:00.002+01:00

Hey all! I'm back to show you an other one of the canvasses we did with Finnabair during her classes at Scrapmania in Brussels. Did i mention how much of a blast it was? How much fun we had and how much we learned? Oh... i did... :))) Anyway, if you'd like to see her at work, check out her blog for the Prima class she did live on the web Wednesday 30th Novembre! So, the canvas: we used the

Journal on Monday: week 3

2011-11-28T11:17:00.001+01:00

Hey all! By the look of my blog you could think i haven't been scrappy busy lately. But actually, i've been inking and playing so much, i didn't even take the time to take pictures and post about it! I'll catch up this week, and this way, we will approach the give away date quicker! Yes my friends, we're getting close to 1500 love sharing comments and that is something to celebrate :) For today's

Use It Tuesday: thank you card

2011-11-22T11:04:00.000+01:00

Hey all! This weeks challenge at Use It Tuesday is all about Thanksgiving. We invite you to dive in your stash and made a thank you card. My mojo didn't really feel like cooperating on this one, lol! But here it is... Coucou tout le monde! Cette semaine le challenge de Use It Tuesday a pour thème Thanksgiving. Nous vous invitons à plonger dans votre matos et à faire un carte pour dire merci.

Journal on Monday, week 2

2011-11-21T12:09:00.001+01:00

Hey all! As i promised myself (and you!) last week, here's my weeks journal page. Coucou tout le monde! Comme je me le suis promis (et à vous aussi par la même occasion), voici la page pour cette semaine de mon art journal. Journaling: 'Count your blessings, to find what you look for' (lyrics from Adele). I started with a black and white paintable page from 'Studio 2mer', applied gesso and

Demoing

2011-11-18T22:28:00.000+01:00

Hey all! A little post, just to give you a glimpse of what i've been doing the two last days and i still be doing the two newt ones: demoing! Read: having fun! ;) These are two of the tags i made today: Coucou tout le monde! Juste un petit message pour vous montrer ce que j'ai fait les deux derniers jours et que je continue à faire les deux jours qui viennent: faire des démos! Lisez: m'amuser!

Journal on Monday

2011-11-14T12:58:00.001+01:00

Hey all! I decided to start a new, regular blog post. I know i'm not the first one to do so, but let's see where this get's us ;) So from now on, every Monday, i'll post a page from my art journal. And to begin with, i'd like to show you a very special page. When Finnabair was here last weekend, she asked Nicolle and me to do a page in her journal. Can you believe that? I was staring with great

Classes with Finnabair 1/4

2011-11-11T11:37:00.000+01:00

Hey all! For those who haven't heared it yet (which means you must have been on some other planet as i've been talking about it... a lot!) last weekend, the over the top talented Finnabair was at Scrapmania for 4 classes. I took the 4 classes, of course lol, and today i'd like to show you the project we did on Saturday afternoon. Coucou tout le monde! Pour ceux qui ne le savent pas encore (ce

Use It Tuesday: cooking

2011-11-08T07:00:00.001+01:00

Hey all! This weeks Use It Tuesday challenge is about cooking. We invite you to dive into your stash, get out all those hoarded items related to the topic and... use them! That's what i did and here's what i came up with: Coucou tout le monde! Le challenge de Use It Tuesday de cette semaine a pour thème la cuisine. Nous vous invitons à plonger dans votre matos, sortir tout ce que vous avez pu

Art Journal: Dare!

2011-10-29T12:05:00.000+02:00

Hey all! As this is a bit stressing for me, i'll just throw myself in the game: today i'm daring myself! Ever since the Scraptastic weekend, some things have changed in my scrap. I met the amazing Donna Downey, talked a lot with her and had two classes with her. As i told her, it was an epiphany to me. I even started an art journal... thing i always loved when others did it, thinking it was

Use It Tuesday: black - orange - purple

2011-10-25T07:00:00.001+02:00

Hey all! Today's challenge on Use It Tuesday couldn't make me any happyer: we have to dive in to our stash and play with some black, orange and purple. Now does that gives me THE excuse to play with my new Lord Tim's seasonal inks! But... to play fair, i got out some of my stuff i only rediscovered thanks to our move: my PaperArtsy stamps and some flowers. Coucou tout le monde! Le challenge de

We did it! And i kit it!

2011-10-23T13:14:00.006+02:00

Hey all! As the title says, we did it: we moved to our new home! It's a happy place to be and even the kids are quiter. There's still lots and lots of work, it still feels like a roller coaster, but we'll get there (by the year 2036, lol). For the second part of the title, i'm here to introduce to you, my very first kit! So happy and so excited to do so! As you can guess, it's a... box! To store

Use It Tuesday: use some metal

2011-10-11T07:00:00.002+02:00

Hey all! Wow, two weeks without a post. Where did the time go? Oh wait, i know: teaching, doing demos, getting projects ready for upcoming classes and packing for our move next weekend... i've been really busy! So, today i'm here with a new tag for our Use It Tuesday challenge, which is all about metal. Yummi! Coucou tout le monde! Wow, deux semaines sans message. Mais où est passé le temps? Oh

Use It Tuesday: Chocolate!

2011-09-27T07:00:00.002+02:00

Hey all! I don't know about you all, but my weekend was over the top fantastic! It was my birthday and i got to spend it with the most wonderful persons at Scraptastic: Coucou tout le monde! Je ne sais pas vous, mais moi j'ai passé un weekend superbement génial! C'était mon anniversaire et j'ai pu le passer avec les personnes les plus merveilleuses à Scraptastic: I had to see Nathalie

what shall i begin with...

2011-09-20T00:04:00.002+02:00

Hey all! I'm way to excited not to do so, so i'll start with the big happy scrappy news :) And that is... drumroll... Art Reflections! I will be teaching a whole day at this crop near Oxford in the UK on february 18th 2012. If you'd like to join us or need more info on it, feel free to email me. As i said, i'm already over the top excited and already started to work on the project. i'll give you

Use It Tuesday: uninked stamp

2011-09-13T07:00:00.003+02:00

Hey all! How about a new Use It Tuesday challenge? This week, we're asking you to dive into your stash and get those stamps out you once fell in love with at a store and then preciously put away without ever using them. These uninked little beauties deserve some love now, don't they? And that's exactly what i gave two of mine. Since then i moved them to my favourite stamp pile! Coucou tout le

Sunday Stampers: Love!

2011-09-10T12:45:00.002+02:00

Hey all! How's your weekend going? I hope you're all having a good sunny time! I'm here to share a little tag. The talented Hels Sheridan tickles our mojo with her weakly Sunday Stampers challenge and i finally got to play along. This weaks theme is... Love! As i'm not the little heart and flower type, i gave it a little twist. Coucou tout le monde. Alors comment se passe votre weekend?

Winners day!

2011-09-06T08:46:00.001+02:00

Hey all! Wow! You guys blow my mind, so many of you who'd like a box! Well, today there's only one winner, but i promise to do this more often. And today's lucky winner is... drum roll please... Coucou tout le monde! Wow! J'en suis sur le derrière, vous êtes tant à vouloir une boîte! Hé bien, aujourd'hui il n'y a qu'un gagnant, mais je vous promet de faire ça plus souvent. L'heureux gagnant du

box of chocolates... for stains

2011-09-02T18:59:00.002+02:00

Hey all! Well, this time you really must have thought me MIA... I still need a lot of rest, but i did manage some scrapping. And to make it up to you all (and as promised in my previous post) i have a surprise for you! But first: as Lord Tim of Holtz is proposing all those delicious new stain colors, i thought it time to make some storage for the first 12 ones. I made a little box that really

Use It Tuesday: Back to school!

2011-08-23T07:00:00.004+02:00

Hey all! First of all ... thank you! Thank you for 100 members and 98 subscriptions to my newsletter. I feel overwhelmed and super motivated to keep going. And to thank you more seriously i'm workin on a little surprise for you. But more of that on my next post! Today's challenge at Use It Tuesday is all about going back to school. So dive into your stash, use what you have and get creative!

Destination... unknown!

2011-08-17T20:49:00.001+02:00

Hey all! Hope you're all doing well and that your life is good. I still managed to spend some time in my craftroom, despite the new physiotherapist and other very earth to earth little things. This piece was supposed to be one of my next class projects but ended up as a very personal homedeco. So the title of this post and the wording really fits, lol! Even if in my piece i am talking about the

Use It Tuesday: Indian Summer... simple, with a little twist!

2011-08-09T07:00:00.010+02:00

Hey all! I would first like to thank you all for your kind words on my pencil - scissors - tool holder! It felt great to share it with all of you, and it felt even better to see how much you all appreciate the share. It touched me! Today i'm back with a tag. Just some ink, stamps and a bit of Lady Wendy Vecchi's clearly for art. At the Use It Tuesday, we're asking you to dive into your stash and

make me some storage please!

2011-08-07T18:25:00.001+02:00

Hey all! It seems i had lost the key to my craftroom, but lucky for me, my mojo came back with reinforcement! So, get ready for a picture overload: yesterday i wanted to make something round and i made this... Coucou tout le monde! Il semble que j'avais perdu la clé de ma craftroom, mais heureusement pour moi, mon mojo est revenu avec des renforts! Donc préparez-vous a une surcharge d'images:

Use It Tuesday: two-fer

2011-07-26T07:00:00.001+02:00

Hey all! I hope you're all having a great summer. The sun went totally missing on our side of the planet, but that doesn't keep me from diving into my stash for this new Use It Tuesday challenge: two-fer or two hoarded items. This subject was hard for me, big time. I started by getting out my hoarded stuff and ended up drowned under stash! I had to make a selection... Coucou tout le monde!

Long time no box

2011-07-18T12:45:00.001+02:00

Hey all! It's been quite some time since i made a box, and for those who know me, i like to make boxes to store my stash. My last big need was a box to put my archivals and adirondacks when i go scrapping outdoors. Coucou tout le monde! Cela fait quelque temps maintenant que je n'avais pas fait de boîte et pour ceux qui me connaissent, j'aime faire des boîtes pour ranger mon matos. Mon dernier

Use It Tuesday: Animals!

2011-07-12T07:00:00.002+02:00

Hey all! This weeks Use It Tuesday challenge is all about... animals! So, dig into your stash and get creative with those animals you've been neglecting. I got Lord Tim of Holtz seasonal grungeboard stash at Christmas. I just couldn't wait till Hallowe'en to use these little beauties ;) And it's so much fun to make a Hallowe'en tag in the summer! Coucou tout le monde! Le challenge de cette

Grungy Monday # 14

2011-07-04T14:00:00.005+02:00

Hey all! I feel so honoured to be one of the Guest Designers for this weeks Grungy Monday challenge, hosted by the Lovely Linda over at Studio L3. You all know i love Lord Tim of Holtz techniques, products and work, so to be allowed to show you one of his techniques means quite something to me! Coucou tout le monde! Je me sens très honorée d'être une des Guest Designer pour le challenge

Use It Tuesday: Red - White - Blue

2011-06-28T07:00:00.002+02:00

Hey all! Here we are, with another Design Team piece for the Use It Tuesday challenge. This week the challenge is all about the colors red, white and blue. When i saw this, all i could think of was... 4th of July! The point of the challenge is to dig into your stash and use what you have. I certainly had no problem with that: ages ago, i bought Lord Tim of Holtz seasonal stash. The 4th of July

Grungy Monday #12 - SSSSC

2011-06-21T22:24:00.003+02:00

Hey all! This morning i had great fun creating my entry for this week Grungy Monday challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge! Over at Studio L3, the Lovely Linda challenges us to use Lord Tim's April 2008 technique. Involving dabber and clear embossing powder, how could i not like that? Over at Simon Says Stamp and Show, Sweet Linda asks us to show some metal. Did someone say metal? So

i am my art

2011-06-19T16:24:00.001+02:00

Hey all! I hope your weekend is as fulfilling as you wish it to be. Mine has been good so far. I had the urge to scrap something related to my accident (now 16 months ago) because it has been very present in my mind lately. Lots of rest needed, lots of pain, lots of thinking and frustration not to be able to do what i want to. Than i remind myself that i'm able to scrap the way i scrap thanks to

Grungy Monday #11 - SSSSC

2011-06-15T18:47:00.000+02:00

Hey all! Hope you're all doing well! This week the lovely Linda from Studio L3 is challenging us to a Lord Tim of Holtz January 2008 challenge technique, aslo known as faux batique. Sweet Linda over at Simon Says Stamp and Show challenges us to show our distressed or torn edges. So here's my tag for both challenges: Coucou tout le monde! J'espère que vous allez tous bien! Cette semaine

Use It Tuesday challenge #9: unused punch, cut out or die!

2011-06-14T07:00:00.002+02:00