2 LO'S FOR LOAD221 + I FINALLY FOUND IT...

...THE PERFECT COMMUNITY FOR ME

ScrapSmarter Event was AMAZING

Scraphappy is the community I am talking about. I was desperately searching for, after I returned to scrapbooking & SCRAP-MIXING a long time ago. Nothing really fit my needs after 2PEAS.com had shut his doors. Finally I found this community I can truly connect with. Where I feel I can be myself, where I get challenged and be heard/seen. Where everyone, no matter what kind of a scrapbooker you are or how experienced you are or a beginner, you are welcomed with open arms. That was exactly what I needed. 

LOAD221/1 mixed-media lo, word-art by Ali Edwards

It's incredible how warm the hostess Alice Boll is and how comfortable she makes us feel with her laughter. She's just the sweetest and all the community members are so talented and kind. It almost feels like coming HOME to a place where they get me + my passion for creating. Halleluja!!! Thank you Alice 

Alice Boll

Especially in this time of lockdown and Isolation. After all the hospital visits due to having Corona myself + the long time (6 months I guess) it takes for me to still recover from it. This has saved me. Winning the LOAD (LayOut A Day) challenge, gave me a reason to create. Creating = Healing to me. I am forever grateful to all of you. 

LOAD221/2 Photoshoot Alara lo, both prompts used

With that said, I want to encourage you all to go and visit this incredible community with the biggest Smiles, prizes, LOTS of FUN, CHALLENGES, above all Creating, Learning, Healing, Kindness and JOY... That right there is  priceless... Check it out for yourself... Try one of the FREE sessions below. You won't regret it. I promise.

1. Write on Journaling

2. calvinball

3. Scrapsmarter Free Sessions

Well, try it out and let me know what you think. See ya over there. I got to go. Need to catch up on my LOAD challenges. 

With Love, 

Emine 

PICTURES AND EUROVISION TURKEY MUSIC

You wanna know with what song we will enter the euro songfestival????? Scroll down and SHAKE THAT ASS GIRLS LOL I know I will bwahahahaha

Here are 2 pictures I just got from my sister,. I look horrible... I was in the clinic at that moment ( A REALLY HARD TIME IT WAS)

I live by myself now for 2,5 weeks now... and finally I can tell that I'm happy about it. I am decorating my home just the way I want it. I can it and do everything I want to do... (most of the time doing my homework at home)....

Next weekend I will go to Utrecht. There is a wedding. So I want to dress up and GO with my sister and her hubby. I need to focus on good things. When I feel good, that will increase the chance to get my children (READ: LOVE OF MY LIFES) back...

LOVE YOU ALLL

and I will show you some pictures if I can get a camera :(

RANDOM WEDNESDAY

Scrapbooking can be therapeutic. At least IT IS TO ME. I'm glad that i found this hobby. It helps me to be a happier person. Why would someone want me to quit with it? Ofcourse because they don't scrapbook :( I'm lucky that I have friends and my husband in my life. I love them more then I can ever explain in words.

Remember that I was talking about a very cool agenda. Here it is... My hubby took the picture just before I left to ede. I will post better pictures of it. I think this is the coolest alterable agenda I ever saw. . . How cool is that stitched cover?

Aw signs of fall. It's my favorite season. These are snapshots I took on my way to ede. I wish I could lay down in those leaves. Awesome...

Finally arrived in ede. This is the most amazing shop with the most amazing owner. We played with beeswax. OMG, I need to have it. I can't wait to play with it again. I think I need to save money for it... But i want it RIGHT NOW LOL.
Look at her. She is amazing. I had so much fun that day... thank you dorenda for the wonderful time.

And her mother. How cool that she's scrapping too. And 'let me tell you: she's really talented ;)

The result of that day.

If you live in the Netherlands (or you are planning to come over here) you should visit this shop. It's such a warm place with amazing people. Exactly the way a scrapbookstore should be...

I'm going to leave know. My dd is sitting on my lab, screaming for attention.

BYE

RANDOM SATURDAY + WINNERS

I had some fun with Alara baking these Dr. Oetker (LOL) cupcakes... I truly need to know how to make those CREAMY YUMMY AMERICAN ICINGS *sigh*I noticed that I don't share any pictures of my baby's. I'm proud to be their mother and I love them soooooo much.
Dilara is playing with my bubble wrap here...

Sneaky peaky messy scraptable (it's clean now though)
I totally forgot to show you this. Remember that I was in ede 2 weeks ago? Here's the result of a make and take I took there. We played with stamps en paint... I'm getting more and more interested in stamping. So I bought some amazing paperarsty stamps...

Some random facts:

- I'm going to start participating with the AAE challenges. I finished my page for the next challenge that will be up on monday november 11th. You all need to do that challenge. It's so cool and we will have a very talented, and very sweet guest designer. I will let you know when it's up.

- I had a phone call today with Ine from scrap-i-do.nl. I will be teaching an Prima paintables class next month. Yay, I love those paintables. I will keep you updated about this.

- Tomorrow I have a scrapday with Dorenda (the owner of scrappendoejezo.nl) in ede. I think it will be a lot of fun... Will show you pics tomorrow.

- I FOUND THE MOST AMAZING AGENDA. At least it looks amazing to me LOL. Will show you a pic tomorrow... I'm so happy with it..

I decided to post more on my blog. Lately I have been so busy that I couldn't find the time or the energy to update. So when I want to post something then I have so much to share that it's not fun anymore.

Yesterday evening I cleaned my studio and I organized all my deadlines. Finally I found some peace. Now I can move forward and start doing my duties on time, for example my AAE challenges ;)

It looks like I don't scrap anymore but that's NOT true. I finished some projects for glitz, for CMF (magazine) and for All about eve. But I can't show them :(

You just need to have a little bit more patient. In the mean time I will blog some sneaks and ramble about my life and my plans.

Oh I almost forgot. These 6 ladies will get something handmade from me within 365 days. Remember girls. You should pay it forward on your blog.

And the lucky girls are (uhmm lucky??? LOL)

Mireille

Anke

Marije

http://lisamariemlt-justanotherday.blogspot.com/

Miranda

Silvia

Now I'm off to create some more and pack some stuff for tomorrow.

I'M STILL ALIVE

Alright girls... I'm still alive, so DON'T worry LOL. I was very sick the last couple of weeks (I still am UGGHH).. And ofcourse quite a few deadlines. I will have 2 new articles coming up in the december issue of the dutch scrapbookmagazine Creatief met foto's. I worked with some YUMMY new CHA releases hee hee... Sorry, I can't share it with you right now but I love the way they turned out... Here is the layout I did for theembellishmentstudio.com. I am working on another page and a fun little project for them... You really should check that site out because the ribbons I got are DELICIOUS... Aw and I got this picture from Micki Slife... I was in search for some winter themed pictures. Unfortunately this picture didn't get picked by the editor BUT i love it anyway. So I needed to create a layout with it... Hope you like it Micki.. I am going to show it to the editor though, maybe she wants to publish it after all ;)


Last Saturday I was in EDE again. MANNNN, I LOVE THAT PLACE... Not only the shop but also the people over there... They make you feel HOME. Truly my kind of people... If you live in Holland. Please go and check it out (or let's go together ;)

SDJZ (the shop) was celebrating his FIRST anniversary. And ofcourse I needed to be there... I was there around 11 am. We had so much fun scrapping, FREE make and takes, chatting... The shop closed at 5 pm but my husband called me that they would be a little late. OOPS, what was I supposed to do. But Dorenda (the amazing owner) told me that I could wait there till they came... I was soo happy.. thanks again dorenda...

So ended up celebrating the anniversary along with the owners and the team. (HEE HEE HOW LUCKY AM I). I took around 60 pictures WOW... I'm glad that I could help them to remember that BIG day. They drunk Champagne and so did I.. Uhmm actualy I tasted it LOL.. I don't like alcohol.. Bleehhh, no NOT MY thing.

Dorenda and DENNIS:

Monique and her sweet little boy



Finally around 6pm my hubby came to pick me up. We went to a restaurant to celebrate OUR 5th ANNIVERSARY... We are married for 5 years, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??? Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera with me :(

Ow and check this out: http://mojoholder.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/challenge-33.html#comments ... I feel totally honored.. thanks girls

I know I got tagged but really I need to go to bed now... I'm really really tired... I hope you girls don't mind it... I have so much to do and so much to post that I get tired at the end of the post LOL

big hugs girls

OH MY GOD

Time flies BY... I haven't updated my blog for a while, so sorry about that. But I'm burried in Deadlines. AND I'M LOVING IT... There are some amazing things Happening to me.. I feel SOOO Blessed and LUCKY...

- I took another class with Jo-anne te RAA... An embellishment workshop in Ede (http://www.scrappendoejezo.nl/) Love that girl, love that shop, love the owner and LOVE THE WORKSHOPS over there... We made a really cool book with all sorts of embellishemnt ideas in it... Jo-anne learned us how to crochet. I always loved to crochet. I made a lot of things with it. But I never used it on my scrapbookpages. That will change for SURE... ;) Thanks Jo-anne for the amazing workshop... I can't wait to come to the Hambly workshop you will be teaching this month... ;)

The beautiful teacher Jo-anne
The designteam is workshopping too ;) Such a sweet woman... You see that little girl?? She was there with her mom... Scrapbooking.. Freaking amazing..
Dorenda... The supersweet owner... How can't you feel comforable over there??? ;)
Antoinette (she knows how to use the bind it all LOL)

- I had an APPOINTMENT with the owner of a scrapbookstore (http://www.scrap-i-do.nl/) They asked me to be their GUEST TEACHER. So I will be giving my very FIRST workshop there. HOW FREAKING COOL IS THAT??? I already prepared a class. And let me tell ya, I'm already in love with the project ;) I will post a sneak peak when 'we pick a date... It includes transparencies, chipboard, felt, buttons, PAINT... really cool album...

- I went to the magazine (http://www.creatiefmetfotos.nl/) And I GOT a lot of YUMMY stuff to play with... And a really exciting offer... GOSH, this is like a dream come true... I can't tell you anything YET... It will be revealed in the December ISSUE of the mag ;)

- My daughter started pre-school ( I think you call it like that or Kindergarten). She's sooooo excited to go there every tuesday and friday. So fun...



- My latest pages for scrapsupply.com... I will miss it... It was amazing working for you this past 3 months girls. thanks for everything...

BTW: our assignment was to create your own journalling spots...

And NOW i'm a guest designer for http://www.theembellishementstudio.com/ .... I got some really cool ribbons and stuff... I already created a layout.. Will show it to ya soon...

ANDDD I will be guest designing for a manufacturer next year... Can't tell you which one YAY...

So I had a lot to tell.. And I bet I forgot something...

There were girls who tagged me but i can't remember who anymore... Please girls LEt me know... And I will do it... Love you all...

ANDDDDDDDDDDDD there is a fun little game going on... PaY IT FORWARD...

What does this mean? The first 3 people WHO comments on this blog will get something handmade from me within the next 365 days... I will be getting something from brigitta and Nat... So that means the FIrST 6 people will get something HANDMADE from me...

BUT you need to post it on your blog too and pay it forward to other 3 people... I can't wait to see who will be the first 6..

Ready set GO...