Free as a bird

An other challenge, this time a brush challenge. It is a watercolor brush provided by Kristmess Designs. Great brush! Going to use that brush more often.

For this page I used a photo from Pixabay and the kit I used is Nature's Finest also by Kristmess Designs.

I did 9 challenges this month, only 1 to go for the challenge award!

Sweet memories

For the mix-it-up challenge at Gingerscraps you had to use a map. I used Small world France by Kristmess Designs. The photos are taken in Entreveaux, a little town in the South Alps of France. It was in the year 1989. We were young and very much in love, a vacation never to forget!

Recipe challenge

I made this page called "Music speaks" for the recipe challenge at Gingerscraps. The recipe: use

1 photo
2 stamps or brushes
1 ribbon/bow
1 photomask
1 title/wordart

For credits click here! I really am satisfied with the result. 

Hairdresser

During the lockdown the hairdressers were forced to close too. Since the first gray hair, I think I was in my mid thirties, I die my hair. So you can imagine that after 11 weeks my hair doesn't look very nice. But the hairdressers are open again! So yesterday afternoon I had an appointment. Some people asked me if I wanted to let it go gray, but for me that is still out of the question, don't want to be gray yet.

So here is the new me, happy

Template challenge

Of all challenges I love template challenges the most. Most of the time I just don't use them as they are. I flip or resize them. This template by Down this road designs is flipped too. I used Capture the moment by Kristmess designs to fill it up. Photos are made at the coast of California last year's vacation. I love the beach!

Mini kit challenge

I love challenges. I do mostly challenges at Gingerscraps and Justartscrapbooking. Today I created a page for the mini kit challenge at Gingerscraps. The minikit Spring flowers is provided by Alexis Design Studio. It is a lovely mini, soft pastel colors. The photo I used is from Pixabay.

Oh and I won a $10 coupon with the scraplift challenge hosted by Luv Ewe Designs. Love shopping when it is free!

Magnolious

You have to see this new collection from Kristmess designs! It is really gorgeous. Perfect for all your "Spring" pages but also for feminine pages. And if you have daughters, it is the perfect choice.

This collection is called Magnolious and is available at Gingerscraps and My Memories. I made two pages with this collection but I'm sure there will follow some more.

Slides

During this Covid-19 period and our lockdow we have plenty of time. For me it means more time busy with scrapping. My book of our vacation last year is almost finished (74 pages)!
But I'm also very busy with cleaning up the house. In a cupboard I found several boxes with slides I took home with me after my mother died. What to do with it? Nobody watches slides anymore.
So I decided to make photos of them. I came across this photo, my mother sitting on a pier in IJmuiden. It must have been taken in the late eighties, such a lovely memory!

My job isn't finished yet, if I find more nice ones, I'll be back!

Love this photo

I just couldn't stop playing with this new collection of Kristmess Designs. I really am in love with the colors. On Pixabay I came across this cute cat photo and I new right away that photo and kit were made for eachother.

Unconditional love

Have you seen the newest collection of Kristmess Designs? It is called Unconditional love and available at Gingerscraps.net. I just love the colors, they are so soft and elegant, orange, light green, beige and purple. Beautiful.

Kristmess herself says: this collection is perfect for all the women in your life as well as many Spring pages. 

Here are two pages I made with it. The cut out cow in the first page is a drawing by Ruben L. Oppenheimer. A cartoonist for our newspaper. The photo of the cows is out of my private collection. The photo of the cat comes from Pixabay.

iNSD weekend

First weekend of May is iNSD in digiscrap world. All sites and designers have huge storywide sales, grab bags and all kind of fun games and challenges.

One of my favorite sites is Gingerscraps.net and of course they have it too. Today I made a page for a "white space" challenge with the provided mini kit by Alexis Design Studio. The photo is taken last year when my husband and I travelled through the Unites States. It is a Golden-mantled ground squirrel. They look so cute! We don't have them in The Netherlands.