I write this post on Tuesday evening after a long, hot day… yes, we have tropical temperatures in the Netherlands and the office room – where the computer is – is unbearable to stay in longer then ten minutes during the day. The forecast predicts 35 degrees Celsius (= 95 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday – and that is OUTSIDE!! The office room will be worse then (nope, no air conditioning here…) so I will be online only for a short while – to check my email and submit this post to the woyww list – and I will spend the rest of the day in a cooler place. I hope it cools down later this week so I will be able to go ‘desk hopping’…
OK… Tuesday evening then… and I have a golden oldie scrapbook layout for you – lifted from one of my old scrapbook albums.
(I don’t create ‘traditional scrapbook layouts’ anymore but every Wednesday I dive into my albums and lift a ‘golden oldie.’ The layouts I pick are random, YOU – blog readers – name the number of the album and layout to show. Let me know in a comment which album you want me to open next week and what layout I should show… )
This week’s request came from Laura – from Beads, buttons & birds who asked me to open album 1 and show layout #19. {click on the image to enlarge}
Aaahhhh, a romantic ‘fairytale’ layout from 2009… The photo is a Christmas-postcard which I fell in love with… the girl with the wings – so cute! The background is a light scrapbook paper from which I stamped the borders. I remember the brown paper on top was a present from my mom (it looks like leather.) I added a black, felt ornament and hand wrote the title – using a ‘fairytale font’ that I found online as an example.
Sunday was Father’s day in the Netherlands and here’s the card I made for my dad.
And I made another card – using the same collage technique and a bit of machine stitching – for Carmen, the daughter of my friend Lena, who graduated from high school last week!
Next are some more index cards for Index-Card-A-Day 2013 and Glue it Tuesday
Twilight and Fog
Silvery Ghosts at Twilight
Better Idea #6
Face to Face
And finally… my desk for WOYWW #211
I don’t think I’ve ever showed (or had!) a desk looking as messy as this one!!
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Most stuff still lay on the desk since Monday. I had not been here after the temperatures rose that high – my studio is on the top floor right beneath the roof and it’s hot in there! I collected some thread and my needles & scissors in a box this afternoon and took it outside to the garden, where I worked on an old t-shirt – altering and decorating the neck with embroidery. It is not to my satisfaction yet though, so I just dropped the box on the desk to work on it some other time…
Thanks for stopping by today!
I hope to visit you all later this week…
enjoy the day and stay cool!
Wow you made so many things last week! How great! I really love the twilight and fog card 🙂
Wow! Some gorgeous things here! Sorry you’re expiring with the heat! I love your use of stitching and those faces are great; did I spy Maya Angelou in there? She is a fabulous poet. Thanks for sharing these beautiful images of your work. Julie Ann #68 – I think – it changed from 65.
wow, so busy – love what you’ve been busy making!! Have a lovely week. Helen 31
Hi Marit – EVERYTHING in your post is fantastic – loved your layout, then I saw your cards, THEN your index cards – how do you do it? BRILLIANT – so glad I found your blog – it always inspires. MMx #70
Marit, I LOVE those two cards i the middle (the Twilight’s) – they are speaking to me very very much…
Also the cards for your dad and your friends daughter – cool! 🙂
Happy woyww,
Jana #100
Happy WOYWW. I should be jealous of your weather – but I must admit that it is too hot to be working in. I love all of your designs – I am inspired to get my sewing machine out when we move into the farmhouse. I suggest Album 2, LO No. 13 for next week. What a good idea – and you must love looking at your ‘old’ work. Ali x #79
Loving all that stitching! WOW!!! Stay cool!!!
Hoi Marit,
wat was het warm gisteren en vandaag… Al waait het hier, dus is het beter uit te houden dan gisteren. Wat een geweldige kaarten!!! Ik ben altijd al weg geweest van collages, en van deze kaarten krijg ik meteen weer hobby-kriebels! Liefs, Natalie
Marit,
That desk is not messy, no way. As for the temperature that is hot, I wouldn’t mind some warmth here it is really cold with a nasty chill factor. I hope the weather doen’t knock you around to much and you have a great week.
Hugs Eliza & Yoda 25
My desk looks worse than yours when it’s tidy. You are so prolific . Very impressed.
Love how you label the items on your desk! And such great cards you made!
Visiting from WOYWW…
Rhonda #120
Yep me too – the twilight and fog card is stunning! The rest of your creations aren’t bad either! Happy Wednesday. :o)
Sue x (MiniOwner@111)
Wow…I’m loving everything I see. Thanks for stopping by. Happy crafting #26
Dat ziet er allemaal fantastisch uit en je werkplek ziet er heel gezellig uit.
Fijne week en Happy WOYWW =)
My word, I don’t think you were ever a traditional scrapbooker – your collage and found style makes me feel quite pedestrian in my choices! Please don’t forget to show us the embroidery when you’re happy with it – I sense another trend coming on!
What wonderful work! I love the twilight cards although the whole concept of your collage is great.
We too have had a hot day today – and I am having to clean (we have visitors at the weekend!) I have had every window that opens open but after all the rain and cold the warmth is a blessing.
Bishopsmate #125
Hope you haven’t melted !! Have a warm but fun crafty week !
Love the collages! And your index cards are so awesome. Thanks for sharing with us. Happy WOYWW! Nan G #3
I know how hot it can get in an upstairs room. I have two stories with separate AC units and don’t turn upstairs on all the time. It can feel like a sauna in the summer sometimes. Brigita #147
great index cards. And I like how you matted everything on your blog! {:-Deb
I do love your index cards. We’ve had a couple of warm days but not the heatwave you’ve had. The scrapbook page from 2009 is gorgeous, such a great image to use. Happy (late) WOYWW. Pam#38
Happy GIT! Ready to Rock is my favorite.
Rinda
I can relate to a too hot place to craft. Mine, however, is my office, which has a hot computer that adds to the heat. The room is over my garage and has 8 windows on all sides. Relentless heat in the summer. At least I have a window AC to go in it.
I am here from WOYWW, but I’m also participating in ICADs, too. Love the Better Idea and Face to Face. Really fun and impressive.
Have a super slightly late WOYWW from #17.
Have a super slightly late WOYWW from #17.
{{ wow oh wow …
1–hotter There than in my own florida !!
go figure …
2–you call that desk messy ?? hahaha…
no way is that messy …
3–enjoy so much seeing your art,
the simple stitching on the cards,
twilight & fog …
soothing
4–i hold onto plans be back Here soon …
5–i am going to try a small bag to hold my “text for collaging” … i am not v organized about that part so thanks for the idea }}
Beautiful work – I love the Twilight and Fog and the Silver Ghosts cards – stunning.
First time here…love your art work!!! I like the combination of stitching with paint! Twilight and Fog is my favorite…they are all outstanding!!!
Mary
So wonderful! Twilight and Fog is outstanding – I really find it mesmerizing. Hope things cool down for you.
Love the stichery. What a need extra touch. HAppy Glue It!
Love both green/blue/white stitched cards!
Wow…your work is so beautiful! The “Twilight” cards are just stunning! Thanks for sharing! 🙂