Liefs Marlies

Hello everyone! Just a month and a half till Christmas... ARE YOU EXCITED?! I'm already planning my decorations in my head. My husband sighs in despair when I present my new ideas. Please send help. The stamps are from Lawn Fawn. Will you join this lovely sketch challenge at AAA Cards Challenge Blog ? It doesn't have to be a Christmas card. Any colour or shape will do! Liefs, Marlies  

Hey! Where I'm from, we don't actually celebrate Halloween. We do have a similar holiday though. In The Netherlands we celebrate Saint Martin on the 11th of November. On the evening of November 11th, children carry lanterns and go from door to door singing Saint Martin Songs in exchange for candy or fruit.  I can't wait till my son is old enough to go!   I did make this rather cute Halloween card for our challenge over at AAA Cards Challenge blog . Are you brave enough to join us? Liefs,  Marlies  

Hi everyone, I LOVE AUTUMN. So imagine my excitement for this challenge at AAA Cards . It took me many many many hours to finally come up with the final design, because I simply could not choose. The stamp is from Impronte D'autore. Will you join our challenge over at AAA Cards Challenge blog ? Liefs,  Marlies  

 Hi everyone, This challenge at AAA Cards Challenge Blog is right up my alley. As a kidney transplant patient (recipient) I know how much of a difference a card can make when you're not well. Fortunately, the kidney I received from my dad is going strong for ten years now! So I haven't been ill much the past ten years.  The stamp I used is from Lawn Fawn. It doesn't show on the picture, but when you open the card, the elephant's butt hangs on the inside! Will you join our challenge too? Liefs, Marlies

 You guys!!! How fun is this sketch? As you can see on our blog, AAA Cards Challenge , there are so many ways you can interpret this challenge sketch. I can't wait to see yours! The stamp set I used is " Clear stamps Gears & Bikes - Gearhead's Workshop nr. 673". Liefs, Marlies

Hey there, holiday hobbyist! This challenge I decided to make a sunny holidays card in the shape of... a postcard! To make the ink stick on the patterned paper that I turned into a "stamp", I used VersaMark, embossing powder and my heat gun. It's actually a bit shiny! Will you join our challenge at AAA Cards ? Liefs Marlies

 Hi everyone! For this challenge I decided to go for a lovely girly card. Is it summer-ish? The most important thing is, it is CAS! Clean And Simple! The stamp with coordinating dies is from Studio Light, I think. I used distress ink (kitsch flamingo) for the background. The sentiment is from Marianne Design. Will you join us at AAA Cards Challenges ?  Liefs, Marlies

  Hi everyone! I made this lovely CAS birthday card for... AAA Cards Challenge blog ! It's their/our 10th birthday and we want to celebrate with YOU . PRIZES Enter your CAS card and you may win a wonderful prize! Some prizes are only available to the country of residence due to postage, so please make sure when you do the card link up to add your country letters (for example: Marlies-NL). We always vote for our winners, but this way we can shift the prizes between them if that makes sense. Our challenge and giveaway is open World Wide , but due to costs there's a few restrictions. Our wonderful Design Team has put up these prizes, but they will be a surprise package, except of course the generous giftcard from Whimsy Stamps Altenew, Create a Smile Stamps and Funky Fossil Stamps, you can buy what you want. We also do not have a guest designer as we want everyone to be in with a prize, so get cracking and remember to make it CLEAN AND SIMPLE! Please note that the giftcards do not...

 Yay! Another sketch challenge at AAA Cards Challenge Blog ! I didn't really feel like creating my own wreath from scratch, so I decided to go the lazy way. The best thing about this clever design, if I do say so myself, is that I didn't have to colour the entire stamp, just the edges. I used alcohol markers and it was a lot of fun! The stamp is in Dutch and it means: "is it your birthday again?". The stamps I used:  Clear stamps Party buttons - Essentials nr. 563. The die I used:  Cutting die Nested circles - Essentials nr. 731. Will you join our challenge?  Liefs, Marlies

 Are you married or are you sensible? I love my husband so much, I would totally catch a bullet for him (and complain about te pain later). But man, aren't men weird?! They like sports like boxing and cycling and that just does not make any sense. And they believe women make no sense. I don't get it!  My husband is a fine specimen by the way. He is rather tall and helps around the house. He can fix almost everything, even though it might take a year or four. He is a great dad and an amazing spouse. Yeah. I won the husband lottery. We're married two years this year, but we've known each other for eleven years now. We met in a bar, on the dancefloor and dated for a bit then. He didn't want anything serious at the time but "wanted to stay friends". I told him "I've got plenty of friends" and we went our separate ways. That was ten years ago.  Six or seven years ago I started thinking about him A LOT again and decided it was time to be bold. I kn...

 Mijn lieve schoonvader is maandag jarig en hij wordt alweer 63 jaar! Inmiddels is het een beetje traditie dat ik de verjaardagskaart bij het gezamenlijke cadeau maak bij mijn schoonfamilie en het wordt altijd zeer gewaardeerd, ook door de heren. Het papier is "Mr. Fix It" van Mintay.  Deze kaart doet mee aan de volgende challenges: - Challenge "maart 2024" van Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog; - Challenge #84: cijfer op je kaart van 2 Sister on the Blog; - Patterned Paper Challenge van Double D Challenges. Worden de kaarten die jij voor mensen maakt ook zo gewaardeerd? Liefs, Marlies

  Yay! I really enjoy sketch challenges. Do you know why? I think it's amazing to see how many different ways there are to interpret a sketch. You'll see when you go over to our blog at AAA Cards Challenge that there aren't two identical cards! I used distress ink to make the partial background on the left side of the card. The colours I used are: kitsch flamingo, abandoned coral and spiced marmalade. The stamp set is from Lawn Fawn, which I love very much! I used coordinating dies to cut the images.  What is your take on our sketch? Join in! Liefs, Marlies

 Hi everyone! Black, white and gold are  - in my humble opinion - fancy colours to work with. So in stead of a Christmas card I went for a fancy card. As you can see, I did not add a sentiment. This way you can use the card for several occasions.   The black cardstock makes it not a "happy" card, so a birthday is out of the question. However, this card can be used as a sympathy card. What kind of card will you create for our challenge? Check out AAA Cards Challenge blog and join us! Liefs, Marlies

Fall or autumn is my favorite season of all time! I love the changing colours, candles and Harry Potter marathons. I made a very simple "clean and simple" (CAS) card. There are no superstars on this card, but I love the vibe. I used the stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn. I coloured the stamps with alcohol markers and added a tiny bit of "speckled egg" Distress Ink behind the scene. Join in and visit our challenge at the AAA Cards Challenge blog! What is your favourite season? Liefs, Marlies

 For Challenge #252 at AAA Cards Challenge Blog we had a fun colour scheme to work with!  The colour scheme has blues and purples. I decided to go with the blues. The picture doesn't quite capture the depth of the colours, but you get the idea. Which colour(s) will you pick for this challenge? Liefs, Marlies

 Lieve vrienden van mij zijn voor het eerst ouders geworden. Voor hen maakte ik deze kaart. Deze kaart doet mee aan KIC Challenge #185 : Ronde kaart. Liefs, Marlies

 Hoewel ik zelf bijna aan de beurt ben, is een goede vriendin eerst aan de beurt. We worden 30 dit jaar, hoera!  Deze kaart doet mee aan de volgende challenge: Challenge #250  van  AAA Cards Challenge : Colorful Inkblending Liefs, Marlies

 Wij hebben lieve vrienden die een tweede kindje verwachten! Voor hen maakte ik deze kaart. Er loopt nog geen "pooltje" in onze vriendengroep, maar ik denk dat ze een meisje gaan krijgen. De oranje vlek is gemaakt met water en drie kleuren Distress Ink en het gouden deel is gemaakt met het stencil van Studio Light,  Mask stencil Arabesque arch - JMA Warm & cozy nr. 57 , en Lunar Paste van Simon Hurley. Deze kaart doet mee aan de volgende challenge: Challenge #250 van AAA Cards Challenge : Colorful Inkblending Liefs,  Marlies

 Zoals ik in mijn vorige post al beschreef, ben ik druk bezig met het maken van kerstkaartjes. Dit fraaie exemplaar heb ik gemaakt met de inspiratie van de volgende challenges: - Challenge #78 van 2 Sisters on the blog : shaker kaart; - Challenge #169 van Hobbywinkel De Egel : slimline met gebouw(en); en - Challenge #73 van 4-Season Challenge Blog : schudkaart/shaker. Liefs, Marlies

Voor de Liftchallenge #182 van de Lift Challenge Blog maakte ik deze ontzettend leuke kerstkaart. Ik ben al aan het aftellen tot kerst, maar of ik al voldoende kerstkaartjes heb... Ik verstuur vaak tussen de 70 en de 80 kerstkaarten. Hoeveel kerstkaarten verstuur jij per jaar? Liefs,  Marlies