24rd informal International Ambassadors bloghop: favourites/anything goes...

Hello everyone,
Time for the 24rd informal International Ambassadors bloghop.
The theme this time is anything goes and/or our favourite projects of 2016.
So...here we go :-)

Above a Christmas card I made for this bloghop
Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S2-235 Holiday Flakes n Skates, S4-567 Labels 49, S4-568 Labels 49 Decorative Accents, PE-100 Platinum 6 Machine
• reindeer stamp, distressink refills for colouring
• cardstock: white, kraft, red, gold
• self-adhesive Pearls

Some of my most favourite Christmas projects this year were:

Don't forget to hop on over to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van der Valk - van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Wishing you lots of fun bloghopping.

The 17th I will be back here on my blog with a new card.

Hugsss,

Yvonne

23rd informal International Ambassadors blog hop

Hello everyone,
Time for a new informal bloghop by the international Ambassadors of Spellbinders.
This time the theme is : Christmas tags.
I am a bit late publishing my blogpost, but my pc broke down and just got repaired...sorry for being late!

For my entry I made a traditional tag using some of the newest Spellbinders die-templates.

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S4-604 Art Deco Ritz Labels, S4-642 Botanical Bliss Twisted Floral Tags, S5-265 Holiday Christmas Tag Set. (these die-templates are designed by Stacey Caron herself!) T-001 Tool 'n One,T-007 Circle foam applicator, PE-100 Platinum 6 Machine
• cardstock: patterned, white, dull gold, green, red
• sef-adhesice rhinestones, ribbon, twine, sentiment stamp
• scissors, 3D foam tape, glue, paper distresser, brown ink

Don't forget to hop on over to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van der Valk - van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugsss,

Yvonne

22th International Ambassadors Informal bloghop

Hello everyone,
A big warm welcome to this months informal bloghop by the Spellbinders International Ambassadors.
The theme we chose is "Christmas".
Some gorgeous new Christmas die-templates have been released, so used thise for my card.

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S4-116 Standard Circles Small, S4-632 Holiday Holly Berry Wreath, SEL-007 Blistered (embossing folder), PE-001 Platinum 6 Die-cutting and Embossing machine
• cardstock: white, pearl white, dull gold, dull silver
• stamp (Fiskars Seasons greetings), black inkpad
• self-adhesive pearls
• glue, 3D foam squares

Don't forget to hop on over to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van der Valk - van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm looking forward to your comments.

and....of course wishing you a great day.

Hugsss,

Yvonne

20th International Ambassadors informal Bloghop

Hello everyone,
Time for a new informal International Ambassadors bloghop.
This time's theme is the Spellbinders designer Series die templates by Debi Adams.
I chose for a CAS style for my card.
And since it was my birthday yesterday...the card is all about celebrating :-)
Hope you like it!

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S4-111 Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, S4-112 Classic Ovals Small, SDS-007 Fresh Sentiments (die & stamp; stamp set), SDS-012 Floral Divine (Die & stamp set),   PL-001 Platinum Machine
• Black ink pad, acrylic stamp block
• cardstock: white, lilac, patterned
• self-adhesive rhinestones, satin ribbon
• distress ink for coloring the image waterbrush
• glue, foam tape

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm looking forward to your comments.

and....of course wishing you a great day.

Hugs,

Yvonne

20th International Ambassadors informal Bloghop

Hello everyone,
Time for a new informal International Ambassadors bloghop.
This time's theme is the Spellbinders designer Series die templates by Debi Adams.
I chose for a CAS style for my card.
And since it was my birthday yesterday...the card is all about celebrating :-)
Hope you like it!

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S4-111 Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, S4-112 Classic Ovals Small, SDS-007 Fresh Sentiments (die & stamp set), SDS-012 Floral Divine (Die & stamp set).
• Black ink pad, acrylic stamp block
• cardstock: white, lilac, patterned
• self-adhesive rhinestones, satin ribbon
• distress ink for coloring the image waterbrush
• glue, foam tape

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm looking forward to your comments.

and....of course wishing you a great day.

Hugs,

Yvonne

19th International Ambassadors Informal bloghop...Tags!

 

Hello everyone,
Welcome to another International Ambassadors Informal bloghop!
This time the theme is tags....and let's be honest...one can never have enough of those...lol
They are great to attach to a present, a bouquet of flowers or simply to be sent as a card.

For my tag I used:

Spellbinders®:

• SEL-008 Medallion (embossing folder) (Donna Salazar design)
• SDS-022 Always remember (stamp & die-template set) (Donna Salazar design)
• S2-197 Ferns
• S5-242 Cascading Butterflies (Donna Salazar design)
• S5-086 Bitty Blossoms (Donna Salazar design)
• PL-001 Platinum Machine

Other supplies:

• Cardstock: gold, white, green, lilac, soft pearl green, patterned
• alphabet stamps, circle punch
• Archival inkpad: Jet Black, acrylic stampblock
• lace, Pearls, jute twine
• glue, 3D foam tape, scissors

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks for stopping by

and wishing you a great day!

Hugsss,

Yvonne

16th International Ambassadors Informal bloghop

Hello everyone,
A warm welcome to the 16th International Ambassadors Informal bloghop.
This time we chose "boxes"as the thee of our bloghop.
Spellbinders has a range of box dies and some of us Interntional Ambassadors are showing you some examples of what you cabn ceeate with them.
I chose the pillow box for a trio of cute, small gift boxes....perfect for example for a precious small gift of jewelry, for camdy, a small thank you gift, etc.

The embossed boxes: first cut the box and then put the die-cut between the embossing folder and emboss.

Used materials for the blue feather box:

• Spellbinders®: SR-009 Contour Pillow Box, SES-007 Floral (embossing folder), S2-203 Signs of Spring 1.
• blue and gold cardstock, twine, double sided tape

Used materials for the white button box:

• Spellbinders®: SR-009 Contour Pillow Box, SES-007 Floral (embossing folder), S4-607 Lacework Button Flowers.
• white and gold cardstock, twine, self-adhesive pearls, button, double sided tape

Used material for the blue patterned leaf box:

• Spellbinders®: SR-009 Contour Pillow Box, SES-007 Floral (embossing folder), S2-199 All leaves.
• patterned cardstock, twine, double sided tape, twine, self-adhesive Pearls.

I hope you like the ideas!

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Thanks for stopping by and

wishing you a great day.

Hugs from Holland,

Yvonne

International Ambassadors Blog Hop time!

Hello everyone,
Some of us International Ambassadors are having an informal blog hop.
The theme for this 14th blog Hop is "Flowers and Butterflies".
I added my own little challenge to it by using as few colors and embellishemnets as possible and ended up with this classic looking card.

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®: S2-073 Flutters, S5-232 Tudor Rose Collection, E3D-011 Cane Weave, PL-001 Platinum Machine
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam squares
• Hapmpton Art: clearstamps (SC0586)
• Cardstock: white, black, grey, silver, gold
• Want2Scrap: silver rhinestones
• black satin ribbon

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Wishing you lots of fun bloghopping!
Have a great day everyone...

Hugsss,
Yvonne

International Ambassadors Blog Hop time!

Hello everyone,
Some of the International Ambassadors are having an informal blog hop.
This time the theme is favourite season.
Well...actually I like all 4 seasons, spring with everyhing coming to `life`again, summer for long evenings, summer weather and flowers, autumn for the colourimg of the leaves and the first sit in front of the fire place and winter for the fresh air when it has frozen, snowflakes falling and walks through a white forrest.
So it was difficult to choose! I chose spring for that is the coming season.

Materials used:

• Spellbinders® :   S4-116 Standard Circles Small, S4-511 Circle Delight
• LOTV: Bunny Trio (brandnew set of 3 stamps, available soon)
• cardstock: patterned (WeR Memory Keepers: Designer Scrapbook Pad), white, green, pink, silver
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam sqaures
• Want2Scrap: white self adhesive pearls
• colouring: copic markers
• satin bow, mulberry gardenia

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team members participating in this blog hop are:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Wishing you lots of fun bloghopping!
I am looking forward to your comments.

p.s. later today I will announce the winners of the Season's Greetings Blog Hop.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugsss,
Yvonne

International Ambassadors Informal blog hop: Christmas tag

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the 12th informal International Ambassadors blog hop....so happy to see you all again!
With Christmas coming up we thought you all could use some "tag" ideas.
I love tags! they are such a great way to make a present just that little bit extra special!
And with Christmas....I am always short of them! (yep...maybe I should buy less presents...lol).
Being in a crafty mood, I made more than one tag, so...coming week I will publish some more quick and easy to (re)make labels.

For my tag I used the following materials:

• Spellbinders® : S4-511 Circle Delight,  S4-540 Victorian Numbers,  PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
• cardstock: black, red, silver, patterned
• satin bow, rhinestone, metallic wrapped wire, lace
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam squares, glue

Don't forget to hop to the blogs of the other IA team members for more great inspiration!
The IA team membersparticipating in this blog hop are:
Christine Emberson (England)
Christina Griffiths (England)
Linda Lucas (Australia)
Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland): you're here :-)

Wishing you lots of fun bloghopping!
I am looking forward to your comments

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugsss,
Yvonne

International Ambassadors Informal Bloghop: Woodland time!

Hello everyone,
Welcome to the 11th International Ambassadors informal bloghop.
This time the theme is Spellbinders Woodland die series (to see the whole Woodland Collection click here).
We are having such fun with each new bloghop and love hearing from you all.
All of your lovely comments are so heartwarming and appreciated!
With each of us having very different creative styles and ideas, with this bloghop we hope to inspire you to get creative :-)

For my project I used the following materials:

• Spellbinders®: S2-195 Woodland Owl, S4-378 Cherry Blossoms, S4-572 (Woodland) Wreath, PL-001 Platinum Die cutting and Embossing Machine
• cardstock: white, patterned, green, gold, kraft
• Beacon Adhesives: 3-in-1 All purpose glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam squares
• Want2Scrap: red rhinestones
• IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Stazon Jet Black inkpad, dauber
• Ranger: Distress Tumbled Glass inkpad
• Lawn Fawn: Winter Owl clearstamp
• Acrylic stamp block
• Craft Emotions: foam Ball clay

I hope you take the time to visit the blogs of the other ever so talented ladies of our team:

• Christine Emberson (England)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland) (you're here)

Wishing you lots of fun bloghopping.
Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs from Holland,
Yvonne

International Ambassadors informal bloghop: Let´s Party!

 

 

Hello everyone,
It´s time for the 10th International Ambassadors (IA) Informal Blog hop.
This time the theme is the new Spellbinders "Let's Party" line (the entire collection is to be found here).
We so enjoy our blog hop and sharing our projects with you all and we love reading all of your comments with so much joy!
We hope this blog hop will provide you with lots and lots of creative inspiration!
Have fun blog hopping!

For my project I chose to use the die-set "Shining star" for a CAS (Clean and simple) card.
So....that means it's easy and quick to (re)make.
My card is to bring a smile to someones face by letting him/her know your appreciation, but I can also imagine the set to be used for example for a baby card....

Used materials:

• Spellbinders® : S2-189 Shining Star, SCD-012 Pierced Rectangles, PL-001 PLatinum Die-cutting and Embossing machine
• cardstock: white, yellow, kraft, silver, patterned, glitter
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam squares
• IMAGINE Crafts/ Tsukineko: Stazon:  Jet Black, Timber Brown  ink pads, dauber,
• acrylic stamp block

I hope you take the time to hop on over to the other talented ladies of our IA team.

• Christine Emberson (UK)
• Christina Griffiths (UK)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland) (you're here :-))

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day,

Crafty hugs from Holland,

Yvonne

9th International Ambassadors informal blog hop....recycle...

Hello everyone,
It's time for the 9th International Ambassadors informal blog hop.
This time the theme is recycle.... so pimping up something old or used to something new.
I had this old jewelry box awaiting to give it a new look.

To be honest, it was quite a lot of work, but I love the endresult...now it's a sewing box!

First painted the box white using acrylic paint.
Then added pieces of altered and inked patterned paper.
Cut/emboss/stencil Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops from white cardstock and using brown ink fior stenciling.
Cut borders from the die-cuts and adhere to the box.
Finish the sides of with hemp glued around the box.

 

Cut/emboss Spellbi nders Devine Floral  from white cardstock and glue on top of the box.

Finish the lid of by adding lots and lots of embellishments such as spools, twine, pins, buttons, rhinestones, etc etc.





 

Used materials:

• Spellbinders®:  S5-231 Devine Floral, S6-004 5x7 Detailed Scallops, PL-001 Platinum Die-cutting and Embossing machine
• Bo Bunny: patterned paper series" Heritage"
• Beacon Adhesives: 3 in 1 all purpose glue, double sided self-adhesive tape
• white cardstock
• Ranger: Vintage photo distress inkpad, ink blending tool, distresser
• hemp and lots of embellishments

I hope you the idea of reclycling the old jewelry box into a sewing box.
For some more great inspiration make sure to visit the blogs of the other International Ambassadors too:

• Christine Emberson (UK)
• Christina Griffiths (UK)
• Linda Lucas (Australia)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (Holland) (you're here ) :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by.
I am looking forward to your comments... as always :-))
Happy blog hopping!

Hugsss,
Yvonne

International Ambassadors informal blog hop time!

Hello everyone,
It's time for a new (7th) International Ambassadors blog hop.
As you know we're from all over the world.
Driven by our passion for papercrafting and die-cutting, we love sharing our creations in our own styles with you all.
With so many of you taking the time to visit our blogs and leaving all those lovely comments... well it's quite overwelming and you really make our blog hopping such fun! Thank you all!

Our blog hop theme this time is: "Anything but a Card".
I decided to "jump into the deep end'" and make a crown using Spellbinders®  A Gilded Life die-templates.

It'was quite a lot of work and I think I used my whole stash of "bling"...lol
But hey....no crown without jewels/bling!
And about the size....yes it would fit me!

Used Spellbinders materials:

• Coronation Day (GLD017) by A Gilded Life ( a limited quantity edition)
• Petite Monarch (GLLD-001) by A Gilded Life
• Grand Calibur Die-cutting and Embossing Machine (GC-200)

Other materials used:

• Want2Scrap: self-adhesives Pearls and rhinestones
• Canvas Corp: kraft cardstock
• white pearl cardstock
• Deco-arts: Metallic Lustre
• Beacon Adhesives: glue
• Glitter glue (stickles: Stardust) (Ranger)
• satin ribbon
• Mulberry flowers

I hope you enjoy hopping around the world visiting the gorgeous and inspirational projects of all the International Ambassadors:

• Linda Lucas (in Australia)
• Christina Griffiths (England)
• Christine Emberson (England)
• Yvonne van de Grijp (The Netherlands) (you're here)

I'm looking forward to your comments.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big warm hug,
Yvonne