Lookie what I got!!!

Just arrived from the states!!! The new Elsiestuff I am loving it!!!
Thnx girls!!!

Emotionally loaded

hello this beautiful day!
No the weather sucks but still it's a beautiful day! Why? Well I made some pretty and emotional and spiritually loaded lo's for my BOM. I really wanted to go a bit deeper than just what my favorite color of food is and so I did. I had a little help from a document I found on internet and just started writing and writing. And started scrapping. Most journaling is hidden as it is so personal but I can tell you a little about it though.

This first one is about our first kiss, what I thought, what I felt, and much more as it wasn't just a kiss but a beginning of a whole new time for me.


This one is about what I learned from you, like stand up for myself and watch my boundries, I am alllowed to say NO and many more things, it's all hidden behind the tag which you can open up like a little book.


And last but surely not least is what you mean to me. This might not be the most beautiful lo I ever made, but the feeling is sooooo true en deep and sincere and pure that in a way it IS the most beautiful one.


I really love this little travel through my feelings! I ofcourse will make some lo's that are about my favorites and all but those are the more obvious subjects that you might tell anyone if you know what I mean. So I am scrapping my butt off again and loving it!!
Oh and yesterday I went on a little shoppingspree again! I really have to practise to feel at ease even outside my own home and outside my "safe radius" and it's really really hard but I am getting there. Yesterday I had a great day and made great progress and hope to keep it up! Today I had "a day off" as the weather is crap, but tomorrow it will be dry all day (they say) so I will try again to go somewhere! Will keep you posted.
xoxo

Holidays and gifts

hiya!
Well today I had an amazingly great day! I was feeling ok, went out and actually shopped and enjoyed it! Yesterday school holiday started, so no screaming kids in front of my door! sigh! Across the street there's a school for kids between 4 and 12 years and every hour it's a lot of noise and I usually don't mind, but now that it's going to be silent for a couple of weeks....
Anyway my sweetheart bought me this gift so it wouldn't be all silent anymore! Crazy him. You know what he bought? Lookieeee at this, aint it freakin' cute?


So this morning I went shopping for a game for this pretty girl and succeeded ofcourse. After that I bought a present for Nic's daughter Amaya, just 2 more to go and all kids will be a bit spoiled August 5th! I also bought some new clothes, espadrilles, flipflops, a black t-shirt Igor will airbrush for Nic's son Sammy, Lazy pants, lotion, and I visited a supermarket that recently opened it's doors here. Well it was there already but they expanded and rebuild all etc and it was my first time to go there and MAN am I in love! This mondaymorning I will go again and do my groceryshopping over there totally calm no stress and observe what's there! Looking forward to it!
Have a great weekend all!
xxx

2 times simple

and 1 time LOVE!!! Ok let me explain. I made 2 simple lo's, not really my style but loved it anyway! I wanted to try something different.
1 time love is a lo I made for my BOM about my big love Igor!!!
Behind his picture there's a huge journalling about why I love him!

Wanna see an inspiring and colorful blog? Check out Marieke's weblog! It was so freakin' inspiring to me today!!! I am surely will make something that colorful in near future! Now I am busy working on my BOM, thinking about ideas, how to process them, Actually my mind is overflowing with ideas and inspiration so I am gonna get myself a pen and paper and make a little place in the cornor of my couch and write them all down with a cup of red tea/rooibos! Bye bye for now!

Another 3!!!

New layouts! Yesterday I finished the first one which was almost done to begin with, so just a finishing touch, the second one I made yesterday evening and the third one this morning at 6 am! I started cutting out the letters yesterday but it almost gave me blisters!
It was soooo hot and humid that I hardly slept last night. I went in at 11 pm and slept at about 12, woke up at 4 am and couldn't sleep after that, Igor had to get up half an hour later and when he went off to work I got up as well. So I am tired, sleepy and all but apparently it's great for my scrapMOJO!!! So I won't stop untill my eyes drop!

Recipe swap

hiya!
After days/weeks of painting and all, I decided I was going to do none of that today! I decided to scrap all day! And so I did. I started making the recipe cards for a recipeswap I am hosting on Scrapfever and they are almost finished! I used some Bo Bunny Marakesh/Paris paper but didn't have enough of that so I have to order again! (ohw boohoo what a nasty thing... NOT)
Here are my 3 recipes!

Visiting Nic

hiya,
Well last sunday we finally went over to see my scrapfriend Nicole We initially planned it a week before but due to my flu we couldn't. I say "finally" because it has been 1,5 months ago!!
Unfortunately I didn't take any pics (what kind of scrapper am I?) but she did! She made some cute pics of me and my sweetie. It was a great day and had great fun. She has some cute cute cats and a surprise as she didn't tell me she got this adorable new kitten called miepie. We gave her and the kids a new baby rabbit that she called "Angie" after Igor and me, crazy woman!

We ate yummy Indonesian Lemper which I never had before but determened to make them myself soon! And I got this cute present! We decided we would make one another a scrapalbum and send each other 1 lo per month and I had send her mine a few weeks ago but I got hers sunday and she already made me one lo about Miepie (she reminds me of a kitten I once had, she looks like him in so many ways!) and she made me a green necklace which I totaly love. She made the beads herself with fimoclay, really amazing and haven't figured it all out yet how she did that! Love it anyway. She made to match my new shirt!!!! Here are the pics.

strawberries

hi there,
Well I am still not all better but well enough to get some scrapping done! I made this lo about strawberries which again is a lift as I loved the original one so much. I also made the first lo of the Book of Me.


Do you like? I also tried to catch up on the Deck of Me and I did! Well not there yet but just a few more cards to go! Will put them in my 2P album soon
xxx

Getting there

Hi
how are you? I am getting there finally! After one week feeling louzy and like crap, I am finally starting to feel alive again!
Today and yesterday I got these great little get well soon gifts, cards and a RAK!!! That always helps a great deal don't you think? Here are pics of them!


Today I even started scrapping a bit! Well I tried powders and paint of Blonde Moments and really love them! Can't wait to make some more stuff with that! I also finished 3 "deck of me" cards yesterday and today! I am way behind!

A bit sick

hi peeps,
sorry for not blogging but I feel like crap at the moment! I have a stomachflu I think. Last Tuesday and wednesday I spend painting all day, the fence and the bedroom but wednesday at 4.30 when I stopped for the day I felt ill. I got high fever that only raised during the night, I can't remember anything of that night but it must have been horror if I may believe Igor.
Now I still have cramps like crazy and visit the toilet way to often so no pics or scraps to show you, hope to be back on a role soon again
xxx

no scrapworks...

this time! I started drawing again! I used to draw a lot of mandalas but somehow that vanished to the background when I started scrapping. In our hall we've got 3 framed mandalas but I was bored with them so decided to draw new ones! So I already did 1 which was from an example in a book as I liked it so much! 2 more to go;-)

I also stopped my other blog and decided to only focus on this one! Also because this one is in English and I know some of my penpalls also read this blog! The other one was in Dutch, a bit difficult for them hehehe
xxx

some stuff i finally finished

This is my flagbook, a little online workshop I took at Piens, I decided to make it about our garden as we have loads of pics about that!



This is the front of my handmade album that I will use as a BOM. We are making it together on Scrapfever. I still have to do the first 2 assignments but hadn't had the inspiration yet. I used Love Elsie paper for it! Oh and magic fibers, love those!!! The "stamp" is bella's but I drew it as I didn't want to order the stamps!


Last but not least a lo I made last night. It's a lift by the way as I loved the colors she used (I don't know her name by the way.


What's up next? Probably the 2 assignments for the BOM and a scrapfever contest lo and maybe more scraplifting as I find it really inspiring lately!
xxx

spread with *love Elsie* stuff

Besides starting my BOM I made a lo inspired again by a lo I saw on 2peas, but I decided to make a spread of it! Here it is!

new look!

hiya,
as most of you know, I just LOVE *love elsie*! I was soooo happy when my package arrived with the lovely stuff! Currently I am lifting a lo I saw on 2p, I adored it and had to make it myself with elsie paper. As soon as it is finished I will place it out here ofcourse!!! For now I will leave you with my new Elsiestyle blog, loving it! Elsie thanks for all this great and inspiring stuff! Can't wait to see what you came up with for your next lines!!!
take care
Love.... Angela!

a little bird told me....

Isn't Daisy adorable!? I love her to pieces, crazy, funny princess! Well actually Duchess!!!