Kreatorville Krafts July Sketch and Let's Get Shabby

Another month, another Kreatorville Krafts sketch!

Lately I've loved making LO's using more than one picture, so I was really happy when I saw the KK July sketch:

Though I'm still not all that comfortable using sketches, this sketch spoke to me and the LO just seemed to make itself. Here's my take on it:

That's me when I was 17 months old (en 2 years old in the cut-out pic)... recognize the chubby cheeks LOL??? I guess my mom liked cute red raincoats in those days ... I chose the title because well, our belgian summers here are famous for their amount of rain. It seems usually we can't have more than two or three days of sun before a storm heads our way. This can't be said at this moment though, we've had almost tropical temperatures for quite a few days now. Today I only went out into the garden to go and cool off in our swimming pool ... just to go and hide back inside just as quickly! I'm not complaining though, as far as I'm concerned this weather may go on throughout the whole of the summer vacation!

Except for the red dotted pp, all the materials used came out of left-overs from previous KK kits. Make sure to head on over to the KK blog to see the other DT members' take on the sketch! And why not give it a try yourself! You have until the end of the month to post your LO based on the sketch (marked sketch #3) into our Flickr Group, I would love to see you there!

And just in case you hadn't heard yet ... Keandra is offering some of her previous kits (november through february) for 50% off. You can find all the details here... better hurry!



Let's Get Shabby

This wonderfully inspiring blog is turning 1, happy birthday to you all!!!! I can't believe it has been a year already. Ever since the blog's birth, I've been wanting to play along. However, shabby is something I'm not good at. Believe me, I've tried, desperately I might add, because I really love the shabby look, but ... it's just not for me, I just can't seem to be able to make it work. This month, their challenge is to use stamps. At first I thought I would have to give it a miss again ... those of you following my blog know by now I'm afraid of stamps. Silly, I know, but I just don't know how to incorporate them in a LO and I'm always afraid I'll screw up and will have to start all over again. Being afraid of them hasn't stopped me from bying them though, which means I have a nice collection of unused stamps here. So I thought ... why not give it a try this time??? I'd like to say I merely did this to show my courage, but in all honesty I must admit the awesome prize the ladies over at Let's Get Shabby are offering might have had something to do with it LOL. They are giving away a US$100 store credit for Purple Onions Designs ... they have the most beautiful stamps!!!!!

For their challenge, I decided to alter this little leather-like book:

into this:


I started out by painting over the black in several colours, and then added a Tim Holtz stamp. Then I figured, if I'm gonna use stamps, I might as well go all the way, and I decided to try if embossing it might work on that surface and over the paint ... and it worked. It actually turned out pretty cool. I have some close-ups to show you the effect:





It really gives a cool effect, it looks even better IRL! And it feels good as well, I can't stop rubbing over it with my fingers LOL. I'm so happy with this that I've promised myself to take out my stamps some more in the future!



Finally, I would like to thank all of you who took the time to visit my friend Vicky's blog. She was so happy to receive your comments. She's a little unsure about her scrapping (we all were in the beginning and I'm sure we still are at times...) and your words did her the world of good. Your visits made me feel glad once again to be part of this community.

Hugs
xxx Peggy

LO's, awards and a little request ...

I've been sick. I guess it's no big surprise, one day we're running around in our bikinis playing water games to cool down, the next day we're pretty close to getting our winter coats back out of the closet ... it was bound to happen to one of us! This time around, I was the lucky winner :-( Good news is, I finally caught up on some sleep LOL. There's always a silver lining, right?!

I finished my last LO with the Kreatorville Krafts May kit. I made 6 LO's with this kit, and I still have so many supplies left! It amazes me every time!!

I decided to make a double spread about our new cars. I started out with the right page, probably because that's one featuring our brandnew car, and I was eager to scrap it LOL. It's the first "new" car we have ever owned, all of our previous cars were used cars.

To all of the skeptics out there who dislike Skoda (did anyone watch that programme on TV where this woman in serious financial troubles announced she wouldn't drive a Skoda, even is she was given one for free!!!), I'd like to say, "get over it!!!". It's a gorgeous car and it drives heavenly! I'm totally and utterly in love with it. It's also the most luxurious car we have ever owned. Well, I call it luxurious, but in reality it has options most of our friends already have had for years ... however, it's all new to us, so we're pretty excited. I wrote all of the things I love most about the car in the little hearts. Well, actually I'll have to add some, because I forgot one or two things. The things I love most about the car is the leather interior, our parking distance control (real useful!!!) and the GPS. Especially that last feature is worth it's money as far as I'm concerned! I don't have any sense of direction whatsoever!!!! I mean it, you wouldn't believe how many times I've been on the highway only to find out I was driving in the wrong direction!!! And then the panic kicks in!! Yes, I'm a panicker, always sure I won't be able to find my way home. My heart skips a few beats every time I find there is a detour of some sort, and those of you living in Belgium know this happens a lot!!!! So, no more panicking, oh what a relief!!!

Now, it had been a while since I had made a double spread, and I was having trouble coming up with a matching design for the left page. So I was thrilled to find that the June sketch over at Kreatorville Krafts was just perfect for my left page. Here's the sketch:

and here's what I did with it:

I pretty much followed the sketch, only replacing the embellie with a picture. The black car on top, the Volkswagen Sharan, was our previous car. We have always loved that car, and with three small children it met all of our needs. I was actually pretty sad to see it go. However, it had seen better times and it was high time to replace it, however much it hurt (both in our hearts and our wallet!!!).

The middle car is the new car my mom and dad bought last month, also a Skoda, but a slightly smaller model than we have. The bottom car, the blue Opel Corsa, was their previous car, and they generously offered to give it to us!!!!! How awesome is that! We went from having almost no car (because of the repairs) to two cars! Though I wouldn't go as far as to saying we needed two cars, I have to admit it's convenient to say the least. With all the hobbies, birthday parties to go to, etc... we often found ourselves having to cancel one thing or the other because we just couldn't get there.

I hope you'll be able to play along with us using the sketch this month. Just upload your LO using the sketch to our Flickr Group, you have until the end of the month. Please add "June sketch" to your title. I'm looking forward to seeing you there!

Onto some other happy things now. I received this award from my sweet friend Mirjam ...

I haven't know her for that long, we met during Marit's online workshop, but I'm so glad we found each other. She's a real sweetie, and she's got heaps of talent! She makes LO's as well as card, and all of her creations are stunning! Take a look at her blog if you have some spare time, I think you'll like it there!

On receiving this award, I'm supposed to tell you all a little bit about myself. However, I talk sooooo much, I think most of you know me pretty well by now! I'll share one little thing with you though ... though you wouldn't think so, I'm a pretty shy person. Even my friends don't always believe this to be true, because I don't always act shy, but believe me, I am! When I meet people for the first time, I'm terrified to even open my mouth!!! However, once someone starts talking to me, they have a hard time shutting me up LOL. Now I'm sure you'll believe that!
Thanks Mirjam for this beautiful award! I'd like to pass it on to Jenneke, Jeanet, Natalie, Loes and Petra.

And I would also like to thank Renee for giving me this award:

Thanks sweetie! I'm supposed to pass it on to twelve people (?!!!), so I decided for this award to choose those ladies who never fail to leave me a comment, who are always encouraging me with friendly words and who are always leaving me feeling loved from a distance ...: Jenneke, Marit, Mirjam, Petra, Vivian, Jocelyn, Julie, Natalie, Angèle, Loes, Staci and of course the lovely Jeanet.

Finally, do you remember me talking about my best friend Vicky in my previous post? She started scrapping a few weeks ago, and I think she's already more addicted than I am! I persuaded her to start her own blog, so she could have a place to keep all of her work so she could see her progress right from the beginning. And of course, also so she could meet all of you lovely ladies ... oh yes, I have been talking (a lot) about our little community, telling her how wonderful it is to be a part of it. She has just posted her very first scrap ever, and I know she would love for you to come and visit, and maybe leave her a little comment? We all started out this way, and do you remember how it felt, receiving those first ever comments, and seeing the list of followers grow??? So, if you feel like saying some inspiring words to a beginning scrapper, just click here. Thanks ladies, I appreciate it!

Until next time!
Love xxx Peggy

Monday, Monday

Monday ... the beginning of yet another week. Time sure flies ... it's almost June already, the last month of school. After that, the kids will be home for two entire months! It seems like this school year has just begun, how can it be ending already??? I'm getting old so fast, and lately that fact has been hitting me hard. Is it because I'm going on 40 (well actually, I'll be 39 coming next January, but that's still pretty close to 40, right?)?? Is this what they have been talking about all along when talking about midlife crisis???? Because really, I actually never thought it would bother me all that much, numbers don't say that much to me. I always say I'm still waiting to grow up LOL. It seems to me that my mom at my age was much more of a grown-up than I am or ever will be. I have a home, children, a pet, bills to pay ... well, lots of responsibilities in life. So why do I still feel like a 20 year old??? However, lately my body has been telling me, not even all that subtle, that I am by no means a 20 year old! And time seems to be passing me by. I feel I should soak up every little detail of the moment, but I can't, it's all going too fast. It's like my brain isn't able to keep up with the pace. My beautiful children are growing up so fast, and I can't shake the feeling I'm not registering that fact consciously enough. They're growing up right in front of me, I should notice every little change they're going through, but I feel that I'm always one step behind. Am I not paying enough attention?

Okay, I have no idea where this came from!!! I was actually just going for a simple introduction to show you my latest work. Now there's proof of how disorganized my brain works, right? Just be grateful I didn't start on "the meaning of life" ... I can go on and on about that one LOL.

So let's just move on to showing you a LO I made with the Kreatorville Krafts May Kit. If you'd like to know more about how this LO came to be, check out my post over at KK!


This is my gorgeous red headed girl Chloë, who's 9 already ... again, where has the time gone??? In these pics she was almost 9 months old and she just learned how to sit up straight all by herself. This made her so happy, it opened up a whole new world for her, hence the title. I used my paints again to create this background. All of my May projects for KK have been painted on one way or the other. I can't seem to help it, right now, all images/ideas that pop up into my head include painting. I've noticed I've gone through several phases like this before, so I'm sure this will pass ... or will it???

I had so much fun painting, I actually (and finally) was able to finish another page for "One Year in The Life of an Art Journal". I'm so behind, but eager to get caught up. Prompt #3 (yes, prompt 3 ... told you I was behind!!!) was all about "The Unknown". This prompt could be interpreted in so many ways! Like for example wouldn't it be nice to know all there is to know about medicin, so that we could cure every disease possible?? Or wouldn't it be nice if I knew all there was to know about so many topics ... that way, I wouldn't lose every time I played Trivial Persuit LOL????? But the more I thought about it, the more it made me think of the future. Sometimes I think it would be nice to know things beforehand, that way maybe I would stop making some of the mistakes I make. However, thinking about it more, made me realize I don't think I would be very happy knowing the future, knowing all that's about to take place before it happens. What if I learned that I would survive all of my loved ones? Or the opposite, what if I learned that I had only so much time to live? Doesn't sound like much fun to me. And if we knew all there is to know, would we still have goals, and would we truly know happiness once we reached them??? I don't think I would handle knowing the future very well, so this way is fine by me.

Back to the journal page then, I guess it wasn't a big step to go from knowing the future to using the image of a fortune teller ...


I searched the net for images and combined some of them to draw in my art journal book. I used my watercolour paints to colour in the page and my black marker to finish it off.

The prompt also included using the stitching technique. It took me some time to figure out how to incorporate stitching into this page ... I didn't really think stitching on this page would look good somehow. Then the idea of adding beads to her head scarf popped into my head, and it actually ended up looking really cool!

I also used some stitching thread to "hold back" the curtains.

On this last image, you can see very clearly that I used some acrylic paint to dry brush some strokes over the entire page to soften up the image (I think you'll be able to see it clearly when you click on the entire page as well). The colours were pretty bright, and it kind of ruined the mystical effect I was going for. Going over the painting with a dry brush turned down the brightness and really pulled all of it together. If there's one colour you should have in your acrylic paint's collection, it's "Buff Titanium", even if it's for this purpose only!

I'll leave you with some pics of our weekend. The kids had their annual school festival this weekend, and it was fun seeing them perform.

Here's Yannis on the catwalk, modelling clothing they made themselves out of plastic bags and fabrics.

Chloë was part of a band playing on home made instruments ... really cute!

Christina took part in the circus performance. She's the one on the far right, standing on her hands. She did really well!

And I couldn't resist adding this picture ... makes me sick just looking at it. The kids loved it though!

Have a nice week my friends,
Love xxx Peggy

We stick together

I always have trouble coming up with a blog title. I would love to be able to make it a witty one, a catchy one, hey, I'd settle for an interesting one ... but ... it's just not in me! So, I chose to use the title of this LO:

This is hubby and me in our younger years, not even 20 years old *sigh*. It seems like yesterday ... unfortunately the mirror tells me otherwise LOL! I used my beloved Kreatorville Krafts May kit to make this LO, except for the envelope, that was part of the January kit. That goreous pink frame can be purchased at Kean's etsy shop "Aptly Titled". To me, this splash of colour was just what this LO needed. I looooove the result!

The bird gave me inspiration for the title. Originally I had planned to use the other lyrics to the song as well, you know the "I'm sticking to my guy like a stamp to a letter" ... hence the envelope with the stamps (which I rather thought was clever LOL). However, I ran out of place to put it LOL, so I decided the "like birds of a feather" would have to do... so much for being clever, right :-)))

Last weekend, we had our first few consecutive days of good weather ... finally!!! I was actually getting a bit depressed, I mean, it's the end of May already, we should have seen plenty of sunshine by now!!! And to me, life is always sweeter when the sun is shining. Unfortunately, it didn't last very long, but we did have a nice weekend. We spent most of the weekend with my best friend Vicky and her hubby Bart.

Vicky and me

Kurt and Bart

And look what we're doing here ... that's right, we're scrapping!!! Not so much of a surprise that I'm scrapping, but Vicky is now officially a scrapper as well!!!! My best friend turned to the dark side whoahaaaaa!!!! She's loving it, and she actually cancelled a few appointments for next weekend to give her some free time to scrap ... sounds familiar LOL?????? I'm so excited we'll be sharing our hobby now!!

Even the kids were scrapping ... and yes, that is my son on the left there, scrapping as well!!! His dad is soooo proud (notice the sarcasm?? LOL). He actually did a pretty good job and he was able to finish his LO (which, if you know Yannis, actually is kind of a big deal!!!). He felt so proud and made me promise to put it on my blog, so here it is:

Not bad, right??? He's never been very good at crafting, cutting, glueing and that kind of stuff, so for him this really is quite something! Feeling pretty proud here (even if his dad isn't all that impressed LOL).

Talk to you later ladies, enjoy the weekend!
xxx Peggy

She calls me Pegs

The Kreatorville Krafts May Kit has been revealed, just click on this link to see it's beauty!

My second LO with the kit is a little tribute to the kit's owner, Kean, who I've come to consider my friend. Isn't it wonderful how friendships can grow right here, online? And a friendship it is ... I find myself wishing her success in her business, worrying about her if I haven't heard from her in a few days, thinking about her family when I know one of them is feeling sick, and yes, even feeling proud - though it obviously has nothing to do with me - when I hear the boys are doing great at school. Strange ... just like in real life, sometimes you feel an immediate connection with some, and none whatsoever with others ... like I said, strange...

Anyway, here's my LO, created only with May kit products:


If you'd like to know more about the title, see the difference in this LO before and after the black outlining (one of my favorite "finishing touches techniques), and find out just how easy and quick it was to personalize the buttons, please visit my blog post over at Keatorville Krafts! Hope to see you there!

Love xxx Peggy

Kreatorville Krafts May Sketch Challenge

Starting this month, Keandra will be hosting a monthly sketch challenge over at Kreatorville Krafts, and she picked a beauty to start with:
This sketch was provided to us by Tiffany Sanders, and if you're a fan of sketches, I'd suggest you go and take a look at her blog, lots of sketches and LO's to go with them to be found there!

Those of you who know me, know I have a hard time using sketches. In the two years I've been scrapping, this was only my second attempt at using a sketch, and I suppose that's the reason I stuck so close to the sketch. I was surprised though how easy it was this time to work from this sketch, especially since there were flowers involved ... I'm so not a flower person LOL. However, my LO based on this sketch was started and finished in one day, something very rare for me!!! Here's what I made of it:

Though I did stay close to the sketch, I do feel I was able to make it my own by using my beloved paints. If you'd like to see what the other KK DT members made of it, just click here. It's striking isn't it, how we all used the same sketch and still stayed true to our own style?

For this LO I used the Kreatorville Krafts May Kit, which hasn't been revealed yet, so I guess you could say you're getting a sneak peek early this time :-)) Keandra included some lovely flowered patterned paper, perfect for cutting, but my favorite has to be the paper with the handbags, I just think they are so adorable!! And that Buzz and Bloom "catwalk lady" is just fabulous, I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.

This LO features my youngest daughter Christina. We had a little fotoshoot a few weeks ago, since I needed pictures of her in her communion clothes to put on the cards I'll be making. Most of the pics turned out fine, but I tell you, that girl truly believes she's a model LOL, she strikes one pose after the other, barely giving me time to focus. The facial expressions that go with the poses are ... hilarious at times! I'm told she got this "attitude" from me, so I won't say too much about it LOL. I guess the pics speek for themselves ... The journaling reads pretty much the same as what I said in this paragraph, so need to translate this time.

I hope me and my fellow KK DT members were able to convince you to give the sketch a try. Upload your take on the sketch to our Kreatorville / Aptly Titled Flickr Group to be in the running to win this:

You have until the end of the month ... oooh I can't wait to see your take on the sketch. I hope some of you will participate, it would be so much fun to see some of my friends joining us!

After all this spring cleaning the last few weeks, I was eager to back to scrapping, so I didn't just finish one LO yesterday, I finished two!!! Yes, pretty proud of myself here, can you tell LOL. Not bad for the world's slowest scrapper huh! The other LO I made was entirely created with Kreatorville Krafts April Kit supplies.

I guess again the pictures say it all, don't they?? The kids wanted me to paint their faces, no problem there ... until one of them, not sure who (did he/she take a beating for it haha???) decided it would be fun to paint mom and dad's faces ... Ah well, they were happy AND quiet for a few moments, so it was totally worth it LOL.

I'm into multiple pics pages lately ... I seem to go through phazes ... you know, at times I feel a LO isn't finished without stitching, then it's painting, ... and now it's multiple pics ... strange. I'm totally loving this LO. I like everything about it, the papers, the colours, the pics ... The banners were made out of flower petals (told you I'm not a flower person!!!), which goes to show that with a little imagination, you can use anything to your own liking. The Buzz and Bloom chipboard letters are one of the prettiest ones I've ever used ... when painted on, they actually look like would, not like chipboard at all... looks awesome!!!


I'll leave you with one more thing you might be interested in ... Keandra is giving her followers a chance to win this :

You know how much I love paints, so this is a prize to my liking!!!!!! All you have to do to be in the running for this prize, is follow the Kreatorville Krafts blog. Easy right!! There is a catch though ... the count has to reach 100 to be given out. If you're already a follower, you're automatically included to be eligible for the prize, if not ... head on over there and start following! Again, the count has to reach 100, so spread the word!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday ladies ... it's raining again here in Belgium, it's a dark dark dark day here, perfect for creating!!! Too bad I still have some ceilings to wash :-(((( Ah, but I'll look at it from the bright side ... at least I was caught up with my ironing for a fraction of a second hahahahaha.

Love xxx Peggy

Bad Bad Blogger!!

I'm such a bad blogger ... I really should commit myself to blogging at least once a week. I have waaaaayyyyy to much to say today, so brace yourselves!!

Before I show you what I have been doing these last few weeks, I wanted to ask you all something. Lately I have been getting Chinese/Japanese (???) comments on my blog posts. They come into my mail box showing no name, just question marks. When I click on them, a blog does open, but it's a blog with no entries ... do any of you know what that's about??


Kreatorville April Kit reveal

Okay, on to business ... The Kreatorville April Kit has been revealed, and it's absolutely gorgeous! This kit will lead you eather way ... fun, romantic, free style ... all is possible with this one. Click here to see the kit in all its glory. Click here to see the Aptly Titled embellies that go with the kit (I totally have a crush on that bunny!!!).


Kreatorville March Kit LO's

While the April Kit already has been revealed, I still have some March kit projects to show you ... told you I'm a bad blogger :-(((





All of the above LO's, as well as my first vintage LO, remember, the one showing my grandparents' wedding day, have been made exclusively with the Kreatorville March kit products. So that's a total of five LO's, and yes, believe it or not, I still have materials left!!

I should mention that my "Ice Skating Fun" LO was based on one of Leeann's designs, which you can see here. Thank you Leeann for the inspiration, though of course I wasn't able to capture your fun free style which I so admire. I'll get there someday though, I have faith LOL. Btw, Leeann is our April guest designer over at Kreatoroville Krafts ... couldn't be happier about that! Please go and take a look at all the gorgeous projects she made *sigh*...

A Year in the Life of an Art Journal

I also made my second art journal page for AYITLOAAJ (gosh that name!!!!), for which we had to use a masking technique and work around the word "hope". Here's my take on it:

I'm enjoying these art journal pages even more than I had imagined. I wish I had more time to work on them ... BUT, as soon as I saw the first sun creeping through, my yearly urge to clean house reappeared ... so, I've been cleaning like crazy, cleaning out cupboards, washing the ceilings, all in my very own desorganized way, which means I now have two rooms which are totally gorgeous up to the very last detail, and a total mess in the rooms I haven't been working in at all LOL. But, I'll get there, again, I have faith LOL. And as for my ironing, I'm sure you'll be surprised to hear I'm all caught up (hear that Marit haha) ... yeah me!!! LOL. Although that doesn't mean much, as of course the washing machine and dryer are full and a next bunch of laundry is patiently waiting, but ... I'm not stressing at all ... well, maybe just a little bit hehe. Still, it's rewarding. The house will remain a mess for the weekend, because the weather is wonderful today, and I'm going to tackle the remains of my garden ... not a pretty sight at the moment ... planning to change that over the weekend though. So I guess my love for art journal pages will have to wait.

Award

It has been long time since I've received an award, and this one especially made me smile. The quote that goes with this award reads: "For bloggers who inspire others with their positivity and creativity". Now wouldn't that make you smile as well?

The first ones I would think about when seeing this quote would be my sweet friends Jenneke and Loes, but since they are the lovely ladies who gave me this award (thank you!!!!), I on my end am going to give this award to these fine ladies:

Marit
Leeann
Jeanet
Keandra
Glenda
Mandy

Of course if I could I really would make this a much longer list. There are so many wonderful ladies who are always able to put a smile on my face, or to whom I turn to when I'm in need of some inspiration, but I have to admit these have been on the top of my list for quite some time now. I'm sure most of you know them all, but if you don't, please take the time to visit their blogs (Jenneke's and Loes's as well!!) They all make such wonderful things, each in their own unique style. It will be worth your time, I promise!

I'm sure there was something else I wanted to tell you, but I can't think of it right now ... I'll save it for another post, hopefully a little sooner this time!!

Love xxx Peggy

KREATORVILLE KRAFTS GIVEAWAY

We at Kreatorville Krafts have our very first sponsor!!! Buzz and Bloom is an innovative scrapbook manufacturer based in Australia, who received the Most Innovative at CHA 2009!! So of course we have to let you share in all the fun! We have two, yes two ways to win some Buzz and Bloom goodies!


This package is a mixture of acrylic and chipboard Buzz and Bloomin' goodness! All you have to do to be in the running for this gorgeous package is subscribe to the Kreatorville Krafts kit before April 21st (I'm a bit late announcing this, I know, I'm sorry!!). And if you're already a subscriber, of course you're automatically in the running!!

Remember girls, if you're living in Belgium or the Netherlands, we do have a way to split the costs, so we finally have a chance to get our hands on an American kit club without having to pay those huge shipping costs! Should you be interested, just send me an email, and I'll get back to you ASAP!

Now we at Kreatorville Krafts KNOW you would love to be a subscriber, but sometimes the budget just doesn't allow us to do as we want, so ... for those of you who want to but just can't right now, we have a second giveaway ... Just leave a comment, also before April 21st (again, sorry for the short notice!!!), on this post on the Kreatorville Krafts blog, and you'll be in the running to win this:

AND, for each person you bring over to follow the Kreatorville blog, you get another chance to win ... just make sure that person leaves a comment stating that you sent her.

And if this wasn't enough, there still is another way to get your hands on one of the Kreatorville kits ... Ali Edwards is holding her annual "Week in the Life" project starting today, and Kreatorville/Aptly Titled is one of the sponsors. Just click on the link to read what it's all about.

Well, that's it for now. I have some more March kit LO's to share with you, so I'll see you soon!
Love xxx Peggy

Kreatorville Kraft March Kit and then some...

Hello ladies,

The Kreatorville Krafts March Kit has arrived, and it's a beauty! Head on over to the KK blog to see the full reveil!

Here's the first project I made using the march kit. I made my very first vintage LO, and though I'm not a vintage kind of girl , (I like it, don't get me wrong, I just don't seem to be able to create one myself) I'm pretty proud of this LO!

When I saw these papers, I just knew they would be perfect for the vintage picture I have from my grandparent's wedding day, and I was right. I so love the result, even though it's a simple LO as far as techniques and embellies are concerned. Keandra's papers and alphas made it easy to create the perfect feel for this page. Thanks Kean, for making me create out of my comfort zone!

When Kean shipped the march kit to me, she included some goodies for my girls ... did I tell you already what a sweetie she is ... yeah, I'm sure I did! Here are some pics of the girls playing with their new treasures, just look at those happy faces:

The bear goes swimming wearing his pearls and bathing cap, which actually is her glove LOL. Her resourcefulness and imagination always impresses me...

Bling Bling Bear ...

An original where to carry Baby Bear around ...

Thanks Kean, for making my babies happy!


Though the Kreatorville Krafts March Kit is up and running, I still have some February kit projects I haven't shown you yet. Again I went way out of my comfort zone and made two altered projects. Again, not too difficult to begin with for first attempts, but both projects make me happy looking at them, especially the altered quotes book.


My second project was turning this ...


... into this ...

And for those who don't recognize me, yes, that's me in that picture, some 20 years ago (big heardo and all...). My best friend didn't even recognize me ... she thinks I look "unapproachable" in this pic, and I think she was being polite LOL. I like it though, it reminds me of "slimmer and wrinkle-free" times LOL.

I've also been working on some art journal pages ... yes, I've been creative these last weeks! And those of you who know me a little by now, know that hasn't been good for my pile of ironing, which apparently, if one doesn't iron every now and then, steadily keeps on growing LOL. However, this has been a long post already, so I think I'll post those one of these days.

On a final note I would like to thank all of you who left me encouraging comments on my canvas painting in my previous post. I was really nervous about putting it here for everyone to see, and your sweet words did me the world of good!!!

Talk to you later ladies!
Love xxx Peggy

I can't believe it has been a month since I've blogged!!! I guess I didn't have all that much to say (yeah right, those who know we a little bit by now are shaking their heads in disbelief LOL).

I do have a lot to show you though. These last weeks I have been playing with the Kreatorville Krafts February kit, and I've been loving every minute of it. Following LO's have all been made exclusively with kit products, except for the painting materials and stitching threads.


Moments like these melt my heart: Yannis helping Chloë with her homework. I'm sure every mother would appreciate quite, peaceful, heartwarming moments like this ... these are the moments to remember!


I outlined some of the circles with a black marker and painted them with Making Memories Ticled Pink glitter paint, which is also included in the kit!


Pictures of us taken during our vacation last month. I myself am not in pictures very often, and when I am, more often than not I feel I look so bad in it that I can't resist the urge to push the "delete" button LOL. I WAS pleased with these pics of me/hubby and the kids though, so it deserved a pretty and happy LO!


I finally made another page for our wedding album ... we've been married for almost 12 years now and this is my third page LOL. I'm hoping to have it finished before Kurt retires ... For those who are wondering about that strange title ... I've explained it in my journaling.

"Has anyone ever had a less romantic first wedding dance? We had originally chosen "Keep on Loving You" by Reo Speedwagon, but there was no CD-player present. So, after having waited in vain for an appropriate song, we decided there and then to have our first dance to the next song that would be played ... and this was it ... "It's Now or Never". Not exactly our first choice, let this be known! Ah, let's take some comfort from the fact that we might have started out "wrong", but we're still going strong..."

The sad part was, I actually like most of the Elvis Presley songs. My parents were huge fans (they even had a huge pic of him in their bedroom!!!!) so I grew up with his songs. But ever since I can remember, I have hated "It's Now or Never" (I also hate "Love me Tender" btw). That man has sung so many gorgeous songs, so why oh why did they play that particular song LOL???? Ah well, we did have a good laugh out of it... Oh, and if you're wondering why there wasn't a CD-player present ... we were married in Crete, and there was a life band playing mostly Greek music ...


This is the only page I didn't use paint on LOL. I'm following Marit's art journal workshop at the moment, and I'm having a hard time switching from art journaling to scrapbooking ... I seem to feel the need to put paint on every LO I make now LOL. This definitely isn't my usual style, but I do like this page. I guess this mostly has to do with the pic of my two beautiful girls ... I just love that picture. I knew it would turn out great as soon as I took it! They can fight like you wouldn't believe (oh yes, punches are thrown back and forth ...), but there also the best of friends, and I think this pic truly shows how close they are, how much they love each other.


This has to be my favorite project made with the february kit! At first I didn't have a clue what to do with all the buttons, but once this idea popped inside my head, I just knew this would turn out to be a fun page. I've tried to represent her sparkling personality ... Christina was such a fun child, always laughing, never bad tempered, and she had the cutest giggle which made everyone around her smile. Though she does have a bad temper every now and again these days, she still has this sparkling personality which makes her loved by most people.

Though, like I said before, all LO's have been made with the february kit products, I still have supplies left to make a few other projects!!!

And remember, because I'm on the Kreatorville Krafts DT and I receive a monthly kit, there's still some room left in my package to include some kits for Belgian or Dutch ladies who might be interested in purchasing the kit, which makes the shipping costs fairly cheap! Should you be interested in the kit, just send me a mail to peggy.schenkels@telenet.be or to the boss lady Keandra to keandra@kreatorvillekraft.com.

I know this has been a picture heavy post, but I also wanted to take the time to thank Mirjam again for this gorgeous RAK she sent me for commenting on her 100th post. Look at all this yumminess she sent me!


And she also included a beautiful handmade card for me, which I thought was soooooo sweet, thanks Mirjam, you're a sweetie and I appreciate it!

Isn't it pretty?????

That was a long post, I know!!! Did you read all of it, really????? I promise I will blog a little sooner next time to avoid monster posts like this!! Talk to you later ladies!
xxx Peggy