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I've been neglecting my blog this past few weeks. Usually I try to squeeze in at least one post a week, but this past few weeks have been crazy. Good crazy, but just filled with fun stuff and a little less fun stuff, but stuff that needed to be done ;-) And although I want to promise to better my life I know vacation is just around the corner, so let's not make any promises and just see how it goes;-)

I've not only been neglecting my blog though, I didn't get round to any scrappy play either. Until thursday this is.. Last thursday I made my first layout in a month and it felt good! I absolutely love the feeling I get from scrapbooking!

This page is about my handsome little nephew. The picture was taken last april. The page is made with mostly the Roller Rink kit from Studio Calico. The colors were perfect for this photo. The journaling is about how I love this little guy and how he steals the show with his cute girls and naughty smile :-)

supplies: cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper: white and American Crafts: Ash), patterned papers (Studio Calico Exclusive: Seize the moment and plaza, American Crafts Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go: To do List, American Crafts Exclusive: Speech Bubbles Paper), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing Collection: Smile Enamel Dots), Washi tapes (Freckled Fawn Exclusive: Primer Wide Washi Tape and Freckled Fawn: Green Washi), Thickers (American Crafts: Sotheby in Woodgrain) letter stickers (Basic Grey Exclusive for Studio Calico).

For the Camera embellishment I used the sketch feature on my Cameo for the first time. I absolutely love it!

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

Mothersday presents

Tomorrow we celebrate mothersday here in the Netherlands and I crafted two simple little frames for my mother and my mother in law. Obviously I made good use of my Silhouette to craft these frames:-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Have a great mothersday tomorrow! (and have a great weekend!)

Love, Dee

Ps: sorry for the dark pictures, the weather hasn't been that great...

Project Pinterest April

It's time for another episode of Project Pinterest! (and again I'm a day late ;-))

In this series I will let myself be inspired by Pinterest to scrap, cook a meal, bake a pie, do my hair, my nails, et cetera. As many of you, I could browse around Pinterest for days on end, but I rarely really use any of my repinned images. And that's a shame, because there's so much good stuff outthere!

This month I let myself be inspired by metro art layouts such as this, this and this. I've been wanting to try this for a while now.. And I probably will make some variations on this as well.. For now I've tried the washi underneath but I would love to use sequins or buttons some other time :-)

Here's my page:

Love how it turned out, although I'm contemplating embellishing a bit more...

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Check out my gallery at studio calico for more detailed pictures and other projects :-)

You can follow me on pinterest as well and check out my boards:

My Pinterest Boards:-)

Love, Dee

Island Car!

A couple of years ago I went abroad to Curaçao (Dutch Antilles) for an internship at a local lawfirm. I had the best time enjoying the sun and beautiful beaches. While I was there I was able to rent a car from one of my collegues. It was a typical Island car; no windows, open back, big wheels for off-roading ;-) So much fun!

For this layout I did something a little different from what I normally do:-) I used my Mr. Huey's as paint on plain cardstock to design my own background paper :-) Furthermore I used a fun resist technique I saw in one of Elizabeth Kartchner's In the Mood to scrap video's over at 2peas :-) (with the get it girl stamp)

For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

Your love makes my world go round!

A week ago I saw a contest announcement at the Gossamer Blue blog (in collaboration with My Minds Eye.. I don't participate in contests very much, but this time I felt up for it and designed this layout. With Valentine's Day coming up I couldn't wait to share it with you :-)

I used patterned paper from the My Minds Eye Lucky in Love line as well as twine from Garn&Mehr, wood chips from Freckled Fawn and my Silhouette Cameo.

This layout is (of course) about me and my love:-) This picture was made 3 years ago for our parents as a christmas gift :-) I still love it!

For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

Project Pinterest January

It's time for another episode of Project Pinterest! 

In this series I will let myself be inspired by Pinterest to scrap, cook a meal, bake a pie, do my hair, my nails, et cetera. As many of you, I could browse around Pinterest for days on end, but I rarely really use any of my repinned images. And that's a shame, because there's so much good stuff outthere!

This month I let myself be inspired by this layout by Lexi Bridges. I really loved how she used the lyrics from the song Measure in Love from the musical Rent on her layout:-)

And this is my finished layout:

I'm quite happy with how the layout turned out. Especially with the left side, the clock with the Instagram pics:-)

For more detailed pics check out My Gallery at Studio Calico

Can't wait to hear what you think about this layout!

You can follow me on pinterest as well and check out my boards:

My Pinterest Boards:-)

Love, Dee

Sweet Like Sugar!

During the month of December I had some extra days off which meant: extra scrappy time! Yay!

I had a lot of fun playing with these Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic papers, some bakers twine from Garn&Mehr, stamps from Scrapperin and of course my Silhouette Cameo

This layout is about me and my sister in law when we were in France for vacation. After dinner with our guys we got a sweet surprise from them: cotton candy! I love cotton candy and love how the colors in the page represent the sweetness of it:-)

For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

Kechmara

Usually I don't really participate in challenges. Not because I don't like them, but because my scrappy time is very limited, so deadlines don't really work for me. Two weeks ago I had a day off and took some time to scrap. Unfortunately I got stuck on the layout and didn't know how to continue. So I let the unfinished layout lie on my desk and every now and then I pushed the paper and pictures around a bit.. But I couldn't really get it to work.. Until I saw the Sunday Sketch at Studio Calico.. I knew immediately this was the solution to my problem :-) And I like how it turned out..

I mostly used papers from the Basic Grey Marrakech line and my Silhouette machine:-)

This layout is about me and my love during our trip to Marrakech in 2011. We went for a walk through the modern part of the city and had some delicious sweets at the café/restaurant Kechmara in the rue de la liberté. Gotta love macarons!

For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee