Ameland

It's a long time since I've posted something here...
watch out this one's gonna be a long one :P

Jan turned 50 on September 23 and he always said he would be on vacation on his birthday:P
and we were... we went to one of the Wadden Islands; Ameland.
it's a Dutch island and it's very beautiful.
here are some pictures so you can all see how it looks like!

Our first night on the beach


the lighthouse from Ameland

a view from the lighthouse


if you take a good look, you'll see the deer grazing;)


from one side of the island


very various views


in a museum we saw these clogs, they are found on the beach


On Jan's Birthday we went for a seals tour, the weather wasn't that good, but we went anyway... it was great... we saw a lot of seals and we got fresh shrimps from a shrimp fisherman




For Jan's Birthday we got a breakfast from his youngest brother and his wife:D



this was on the other side of the island:



We also have a picture with both of us on it :P:P:P


these are pictures of the last day, before we went home



We had a fantastic vacation, think we'll go back sometimes


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Hugs Anja
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Made a new card

for someones 50th Anniversary:)
I've masked the girl stamp (liked how it turned out:D)
I also used the new ColorCore Cardstock and my Cuttlebug!
for the flowers I've used 2 flower punches and the pin I've made myself;)


This card I've made a while ago, didn't post it because it was a birthday card:)
here's an image of the whole card:

and here a close-up of the tag:


And I made some ATC's for the september swap:


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What happened to Vince

Tuesday Vince has got an acorn in his left eye
it was thrown with a lot of strength and we went to the night care... he had a bruise and a lot of blood in his eye and something like a concussion, but not in his brains but in his eye!
He couldn't see anything, not even light!!!
He got 3 kinds of eye drops and pills, he wasn't allowed to stoop, sport and he must sleep upright.

Yesterday we had to go back to the ophthalmologist and it was a little bit better, the blood in the eye become less and he could see shades!
But there was also one less thing:
He also has a rupture of the pupil and she couldn't tell me if that's going to be fully healed
Today we went back, there was still blood in his eye, but the eyeball pressure was still a bit high. So he is still not allowed to play baseball (his new sport) or any other sport, no stooping and still sleep upright (he doesn't like that at all)

Next week Thursday we have another appointment at the ophthalmologist and I hope she can tell us more about the damage!
We hope everything is going to be okay, keep your fingers crossed for him:)

Hugs Anja
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Make and Take from Provocraft

Here's the "Make and Take" from Provocraft at Kars.
I've finished it today:) I only haven't found the right pictures for it!
the orange stuff is Cricut Flocked Heat Transfer Fabric,
it's really cool stuff...
I can't wait till we can buy it :P

and here's a close-up from the Flock :)


it looks cool, does it:) (it's a kind of velvet)

I forgot to show you what I bought yesterday,
some pretty cool stuff:)


And the one who was demonstrating Cosmo Cricket,
he gave great stuff away.
He was acting like he was SantaClaus :P
Here's what I got:


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Hugs Anja
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Kars

Today we (Marleen, Caroline and I) went to Kars:)
There were a lot of "makes and takes" to make, I did 5 M&T :D
Here's what I made:
the first one is an envelop and a card

this one is made with new stamps from Kars

I embossed this one with the Cuttlebug


all the "Make and Takes" were nice, but I mostly loved the next 2 ones:)
first I did one with Provocraft; the Cricut Create and the CDS, but you'll have to wait for this one... it isn't finished yet:P
and the last one is an acryl card, it's just too cute! it's different on both sides.



We had a lot of fun, it was a great day!
Before we went home, we stopped at Mc Donalds...
mmm chicken nuggets, french frites and a sundae icecream as desert :)

Now I'm very tired, only got 3 hours sleep tonight!
So... I'm up to bed, goodnight...
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Hugs Anja
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Tarzan

On Saturday we (Sebastiaan, Marion, Britt and I) went to the musical "Tarzan" in Scheveningen.

It was fantastic, the monkeys hanging in the ropes, they fell out of the ceiling:)
The music was great too, I think it was very spectacular:D
here's a picture of the stage

sorry the picture is a bit dark!

I also took a picture of the sea and the beach... not the best picture, but it is one:P


We had a great evening, but when we went home one of the headlights of Marion's car was broken. We called the ANWB and we had to wait more than an hour before they we there to fix it! So we were home at 2AM and I had to get up at 5.45AM

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my cardclass card:)

Yesterday I've made the card for my August cardclass:)
we've had one month vacation and I know that my "students" can't wait to start again:P
here is my card, it's based on the Christmascard from "Cards at the castle"

Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd is Dutch for Happy Birthday:D

I also made a Birthday card for a friend...
not gonna tell who it is:P
it's made with the same paper, but with a different stamp!

and here's the tag taken out:


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I couldn't resist

some cool stuff at the workshopday at "cards at the castle"

Romy and I went to Doorn for some shopping at Paper&Pictures...
and they had sooooo cool stuff... I wish I could buy more:P
I bought beautiful paper from sassafraslass, a bag filled with all kinds of brown buttons, Tacky glue, rings to bind an album and some clear buttons:)


at the castle I bought some other cool stuff:P
a cards only Christmas kit, a christmas stamp, flower stamps from scrappy cat,
a mini Jacob's Ladder, versa magic chalk ink, 4 different ribbons and I had already bought the new scrap agenda online, so I could take it home with me:)


I've promised you that I would show you Romy's Birthdaycard after her Birthday:P
here it is:

I cut the box and the tag with the Cricut cartridge "Wedding":)

I also made a get well pop-up card

and a close-up from the side:


a teacher from school moved and got a new job and I made her this card
I've colored the images in with Twinkling H20's and put a pop dot under the owl:)


I also made the next card, but I can't remember the occasion:P


and today I've made some ATC's


it was a very productive week:D
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Cards at the castle

Saturday I've been to a workshopday in "Cards at the castle" with Romy,
organised by Paper & Pictures
it was sooooo fantastic,
we had 5 workshops during the day
and I will show you the results of an AWESOME day:D

here's a picture of all the cards together:


the first workshop was from Nancy, it was her first workshop and she did a great job:)
These are Nancy and Truike

Here are the cards from her workshop:

this is a picture from Romy and me at our first workshop


then we had a workshop from Paulien van den Bosch
We made a vintage card and a tag, just love them


the next one was from Marije en Jeanet
the first card was made with beautiful paper from My Mind's Eye and the second one was made with cool paper from Heidi Swapp


after this one we had a workshop from Tiets
she made 2 Christmas cards and they look great:)
the paper is from Imaginisce



and the last workshop was giving by Moon

and Lea

it was sooooo fantastic, we made a flower out of a coffeefilter,
sooo simple and sooo cute:)
and the card was a flagcard, I was curious to see one in real,
now I had to make one in real:P
the card closed:

and open:

here we are working on our last card


it was a fantastic day and I'm thinking of going again in November:D

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Hugs Anja
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