{"id":3201,"date":"2009-05-22T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:32","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To all blog readers who came to my little space here via Lotus Paperie:
\nWELCOME!<\/p>\n

And to all of you, truth followers of my blog –\u00a0my scrapping blog buddies:
\nHI THERE, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!<\/p>\n

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\nToday\u00a0I was introduced
\non the Lotus Paperie\u00a0blog,
\nas their new DT-member.
\nI answered a lot of questions,
\nso for those who didn’t
\nread the interview,
\nhop on over\u00a0to Lotus<\/a>
\nand get to know me even\u00a0better
\nthan you did already!\u00a0
\nBut don’t forget to come back
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To make a submission\u00a0at Lotus Paperie I had to e-mail them some of my best lay outs, one of which needed to be brand new (never ever published anywhere)\u00a0created from the sketch Tania Lennox provided. I managed to get that done on the very last day… (26 April) You all know I’m a “slow scrapper” but this lay out bursted open from my hands in a woooshhhh….\u00a0
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\nI always take detail photo’s to go with the complete lay out. Here’s the journaling:<\/p>\n

“Imagine a<\/span> whole bunch of wild girls in the eighties, studying at the fashion design school.<\/span><\/p>\n

We were young, we giggled a lot and of course we followed the latest trend: punk!<\/span><\/p>\n

Only we tuned it into something more wearable ’cause basically we were decent girls!”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMy latest passion: sewing on my lay out! Just love it!<\/p>\n

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At my introduction over on the Lotus blog,\u00a0I show\u00a0three of my favourite lay outs. I take the opportunity to\u00a0show them here again and tell you why I chose these ones as my favourites.<\/p>\n

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For me,\u00a0scrapbooking is not just about documenting my own (family) history – sometimes I\u00a0feel the inner urge to speak out and really SAY something with my work. This is a lay out that gives you the shivers. It looks peaceful at first sight, ’till you read the poem and the information underneath the pic…
\nThe comments I got on this\u00a0lay out\u00a0(on my blog and over at SIStv) confirmed that viewers felt what I meant\u00a0to say with this\u00a0lay out. That I managed to\u00a0do that makes me very proud! (Detailed\u00a0photo’s of this lay out here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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This spread is my most “happy” lay out… I don’t work with so many bright colours and embellishments very often, and I worked on this for a few weeks (did a little something almost every day) It was my take on the ScrapMojo Design Team call (I didn’t make it…) and refers to “Alice in Wonderland”.
\nSince I made this, I’m fund of Alice! This lay out still is one of my favourites because it shows that inside this grown woman, there still is\u00a0a little girl who likes to pick flowers and blow bubbles! I cherish her, and I cherish this lay out! (Detailed\u00a0photo’s of this lay out here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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This is the first page I made for my “Leonard Cohen Art Journal” – Inspired by all the Art Journals on the web, I decided to start my own. I love the songs of Leonard Cohen, and took that as the theme. Each page refers to a song. Working on my Art Journal, I learned to work more instinctively – loosen up and shake perfectionism off a bit – I love how the first page turned out.\u00a0
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\nI started the Art Journal\u00a0and that makes me happy.\u00a0
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And now that I told you why I like these lay outs, I’m curious which ones YOU\u00a0would chose… so take a look at my galleries (on top of the screen) and
\nlet me know which one is your favourite. Is it a mini book? A 12×12 lay out?
\nA spread? Bright coloured or subtle? I’m curious, so leave me a comment!<\/p>\n

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To all blog readers who came to my little space here via Lotus Paperie: WELCOME! And to all of you, truth followers of my blog –\u00a0my scrapping blog buddies: HI THERE, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!! Today\u00a0I was introduced on the Lotus Paperie\u00a0blog, as their new DT-member. I answered a lot of questions, so for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[275,88,274,734,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-3201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-favourites","8":"tag-lay-out","9":"tag-lotus-design-team","10":"tag-lotus-paperie","11":"tag-scrap-lay-out","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}