Say Hello to Heidi..... Van Laar Designs

I am so glad I came upon Heidi's wonderful blog yesterday, her cards are so beautiful with gorgeous designs. I especially liked the round card and the mug which Heidi has stamped with the cutest tea cups. There is a great tutorial too so you can make your own mug too!

Heidi has also been published numerous times which is no surprise. Such a creative lady indeed.

Please do visit Heidi HERE you won't want to leave, I was browsing for ages!!

Meet the colourful nurse...

In Norway there is a talented photograper and scrapbooker who calls herself Sykepleier (translated to English: Nurse). I've wanted to show of Linn Kristine's work for a long time now, as I'm a huge fan! So, here we go:)

There is especially two thing I love about Linn Kristine's work; her colorful and playful style, and the way she documents all sides of her life.

With photos that most of us would use with a babypink layout, Linn Kristine pulls out her bright pattern papers and make layouts that just wanna make you smile:)


I would love to go through her albums, they must be filled with layouts that captures the colours and patterns and small things that kids just love:


And though I just love her bright pages Linn Kristine also make the the most beautiful pages in pastels.

The ones I want to show you here have lots of journaling. Linn Kristine makes pages where she telles the stories that the photos can't tell in the future, like how her eldest daughter is afraid of the dark and what size of shoes she wears at age 3,5.

The first time I saw this one I almost started to cry...
It's about the downside of having siblings, the feeling that a little sister is loved more and the struggle to accept a new member of the family. What I really love about this one is how Linn Kristine writes the journaling from her daughter's view.


The photo in this one shows how brilliant her photos can be - the angle with the baby's head in forground and the pouting big sister in focus.
Linn Kristine's blog is filled with her amazing photos - make sure to stop by to get some inspiration on new angles and new motives:)

Jacque's Joie de Vivre

translated to Jacque's Joy of Live, isn't that such a beautiful name for a blog and you will find many beautiful creations on Jacque's blog!

Jacque has just found out that she is going to be a Design Team Member of Just Magnolia Challenge Blog, a blog that I often frequent! When you see the cards below or visit her blog you will certainly understand why! She is also a Design Team Member of the sketch challenge blog Friday Sketchers, this is where I had the pleasure of meeting Jacque first! She also is a Design Team member of Just Magnolia, Belles'n Whistles, and Magnolia-licious! So here are some beautiful samples of Jacque's work!

Aren't these absolutely beautiful!!! So please pop along and congratulate Jacque on her new Design Team position!

xxxx

" Oh Bumble Is Me Margie"

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving whenever or wherever you celebrate it. My little family celebrated Nov.21. With everyone's work schedules we are thankful to just be able to get together.



Now on to my feature. Margie really got my attention when I won a couple of her artistic creations. I was amazed they were so perfect. The coloring was beautiful and I wanted to see more of what this lady was doing, so I found myself visiting Margie's blog home.



I am so excited to get to share Margie's creations with everyone. Oh Bumble Is Me...I love that title, and everytime I read it I see this bumblebee just swirling all over the page...much like Margie does. This is one creating, crafting machine, wife, and mother of 2 boys. Whew...and I can't find time to craft. Get this guys...she has already posted 308 post this year. I do know this..it will take a bit of time to take in everything she has accomplished in this wonderful world of crafting.
Is there anyone out there that is not familiar with the vampires and werewolves that have us all turning pages or racing to the movies? Margie is right in line with everyone else. She made these next 2 cards for the Twilight Challenge. Gotta love them.



Margie loves to color and she does this well. She loves glitter and girly stuff. She doesn't mention this but I'm betting she can play a game of football with the "boys" in her family. That's probably where the girly stuff comes into play, has to even out the playing field. Much like me she also has a sister who is her scrappin' buddy. Maybe I need to check out her blog next. I just love my job!!!!!

April's Roses ... and November's too!

I am so excited to be able to share this talented crafter with you this evening. I would like to introduce April Rose to you all, a relatively new blogger with an amazing blog full of real inspiration.



I couldn't believe the perfect colouring skills that April shows on all her work. Her favourite stamps are Penny Black and Magnolia so I was in heaven drooling over all these gorgeous creations.



April allows the images to speak for themselves and compliments them beautifully with lovely papers and embellishments.



It was so difficult to choose what to share with you all here but I know you will be rushing over to her blog for more eye candy.




April uses accessory stamps so well and creates such fun scenes with them. The stamps really do come to life on her cards thanks to her tremendous skills.



Please pop over to April's blog and why not follow her too so that you don't miss a single creation of hers. I just know that there are so many more wonderful things to come from April and I cannot wait to see them! Thankyou so much for allowing me to share your beautiful work with everyone sweetie
Marcea -x-

Michele Roos...

It was this card that completely blew me away when I came upon Michele Roos blog this morning. I remember this image being a Friday Freebie at Pollycraft and I loved it then, but oh my the way Michelle has used colours and embellishments takes the whole thing to a brand new level.

Totally scrumptious - which is how I would describe all the beautiful cards Michele has on display on her blog. Check out this beautiful Whiff of Joy image - I've just sent for this stamp - hope I can do it half as much justice as Michele.

Here's another beautiful card using a Mo Manning digi image.

Finally a fabulous Tilda creation - aren't Michele's flowers just beautiful. They compliment her work perfectly.
Do pop over to Michele's blog and take a look for yourself - you certainly won't be disappointed.

Ann xxx

STUNNING creations from Yvonne

Yvonne is no stranger to Inspirational but I had to share her most recent creations with you they are so beautifully designed and coloured to perfection

If you've never visited Yvonne's blog before you are in for a real treat it is definitely one to follow

Click HERE to see for yourself and don't forget to leave a comment to tell us what you think :)

Just something I made .....

I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just something I made is the blog of Cathe Holden and it is full of wonderful creations!

I discovered Cathe while I was searching out Handmade Calendars, Cathe made the following Calendars from empty spools!



how cool are these! and here are a few more creations from here blog ...



I could go on and on, but I had better stop and let you find out for yourselves how wonderful Just something I made is! Cathe also gives fantastic tutorials on how she makes everything with free downloads of images too! So pay her a visit and say hi!
xxxx

CeeCee's Gorgeous Creations

Hi everyone! Anthonette here to bring you another one of my favorite paper crafters. CeeCee (Catherine Côté) and her blog CeeCee's Creations has been one of my favorite bloggers for quite some time. I'm so happy to introduce her to you all. She hails from Canada. CeeCee a card maker, scrapbooker, and overall paper crafter. Look at these handy booklets she made for people who love to write lists.

The hot air balloon cards are stunning! I actually remember gasping when I saw them on her blog. I love her design style. GORGEOUS!

This Halloween card is amazing. The color palette is simple, but her design is fantastic.

Who doesn't love paper punch art? I love the reindeer cards CeeCee created. I like the red frames behind the reindeers too.

What a glorious holiday card. I love the shimmer.

I'm a huge fan of faux stitching. It adds such a great touch. This card is clean and simple and totally rocks the faux stitching.

This Asian-themed card is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Even my husband just made a nice comment about the card when he walked into the room.

Won't you please stop by CeeCee's blog and tell her you saw her on Inspirational. Have a good one!