Dum Da Dum, an ode to randomness + blogtrain

LOL, how great a title is that? But it makes total sense, since that's the name of my latest kit: Dum Da Dum. I was playing with these colors, and saw all kinds of random items in my head. I had P365 in my head too, so this kit is an ode to the random things in our daily lives, the ones we not always scrap about! What are things you see/use daily, the things you cannot do without? I challenge you to scrap those!


Here's the kit, available at SUN and SDD, -30% this weekend only!! But wait, there's more :)


I created 2 alphas to match this kit, but they're also great with other kits too! The first one is a set of yellow tiles with red/orange letters 'carved' in them. The second one is a set of puffy green letters. Available at SUN and SDD for -30% this weekend too! But that's still not everything ;)

Perfect for any daily layout, so perfect for P365 too, is this set of random text tags. Available at SUN and SDD for -30% as usual! And of course, if you like it all, there's a bundle to save you some money!

Get all these 4 products (12 papers, 38 elements, 31 word-art tags and 2 alphas) for 1 great price AND save 30% this weekend too! Available at SUN and SDD.
If you're still not convinced or if you want some inspiration, check this out:

And to introduce my new CT members, here's a blogtrain with freebie QPs for you! First of all: here's mine:

download here (box.net)

And here's the list of other stops! Remember we're all in different timezones, so if something is not up yet, check back later. And don't forget to leave these lovely ladies some love, I adore them!!
http://madfatscrapper.blogspot.com (Heather)
http://mjhdesigns.blogspot.com/ (Jana)
http://silencieuxcreations.blogspot.com/ (Taylor)
http://teenabugg.blogspot.com (Tina)
http://jacksonfour.com (DJ)

Sneak Peek!

Oh there are sooo many things going on here! I already mentioned my own domain, haven't I? Gosh, I can't even remember lol. It's no where near finished but a work in progress! And then there is my new and improved CT, they will introduce themselves this Saturday, in a fun and fabulous blogtrain!! They did these cute QPs with my kit ready to be released this Saturday. It is an ode to randomness ;), and I have a sneak preview for you:

So that was a lot of work, but there is more! A few collabs to get started or finished, a few commercial use products (yeah, I'm loving my new iMac and my Wacom, I'm going back to creating CU products!!) a new CT position and some other stuff, all besides handeling my family :)
Oh, and then there's my fanpage! I passed the 150 marker, but can I make it to 200 fans?? If I do reach 200, I'll give 3 lucky winners a kit of their choice! Suggest my fanpage to your friends and maybe YOU will win!
Sooo, check back Saturday for a new kit and some freeeeeebies!!

Lots to show you

Ok, hang on tight, this post will contain lots of images! First of all: I don't know about you, but I am so happy the Olympics finally started! I am a fan of speedskating (since that is what Dutch people do best LOL), and I'm very anxious to see how many medals our athletes will bring home! I even watched the opening ceremonies... at 3 AM my time! Yeah, Julian was awake... so I got to watch it live :) I thought about handing out RAKs for every medal 'we' win, but I'm affraid there will be many hehehe. Tonight is the first chance for 'us' to win a medal, so maybe I'll decide to hand out something!
Second of all: I finally got hubby (weird that I call him hubby, since we're not technically married LOL) to help me with getting my own domain! So now I can go ahead and tweek my new Wordpress blog (yeah, I'm making a switch: Blogger to Wordpress ... yikes!) and soon it will go live! Watch this blog for an announcement!
Ok, now on to the new products I have on sale this weekend!!

Here's my new kit: Revive. The swatch was suggested by Blondy, a CT member at SDD, and she wanted to have a spring kit with it. Well, this is what she got! I had so much fun making it, cause I am ... uhm... no big fan of winter LOL. And winter we have... lots of it! Bring on the spring! This kit is on a 30% sale this weekend at SUN, so be sure to grab it! Fast!
Here's some CT inspiration (and check out the new CT members, they'll be properly introduced on the new site, I promise!)


On to the next event: Birds of a Feather weekend at SDD! Many designers got together, used the same swatch (ain't it pretty for Valentines?) and created small packs of goodies, all available for $1 each! BUT, you can only grab them for this special price THIS WEEKEND! So head on over to SDD, and check out all the packs out there! This is what I have:

SUNny blogtrain

Yeehaaa, it's time for a brandnew SUNny blogtrain!! You can ride along with us and collect all lovely goodies created by SUN designers and friends. Do you know the original Sunshine girls? They are all scattered around the digi comunity right now, but I'm sure you all know Nicole from Sugarplum Paperie, Flergs, Monica from Studio MGL and so on. They were famous for their blogtrains, and now we are going to follow their steps!

I bring you my part of Rainbrella:


download here (box.net)

And here's your next stop: http://craft-tastrophic.blogspot.com. Our designers should all post at the same time, but you know what happens when we're in different timezones and using technology, right? So if you ever get lost, here's the roadmap: http://www.sunshinestudioscraps.com/blog/ Enjoy the ride!!

I apologize for the silence here on this blog. I'm working on something behind the scenes, I have a new kit ready but chose to release it next weekend, and am working on a new kit as well as a new blog! So stay tuned!! Oh, and make sure you apply to my CT call, cause it will be closing this weekend ;) Just scroll down for more info!!

Update!

Wow, I never got a chance to tell you about my newest releases, but I had a very good reason! A very BIG reason, cause my love got me a brand spankin new iMac 22 inch!! I'm in love with it, but I still have to switch from Windows to Mac. Besides that, I needed to transfer all my files (and boy, I have a lot of files!) and I still have to export my custom shapes and brushes and stuff from Photoshop. I am designing a new kit on the Mac, and it's refreshing to not be able to use the brushes and shapes I always use LOL. Oh, and FONTS! I miss my fonts!! But there are a lot of new fonts to check out too, so I just have to adjust. It may take a while ;)
Ok, the last thing I showed you was the collab with LDrag Designs, and the LOs and freebie to go with it. I guess I better show you what I released last Saturday then! *shame*

Here's a mini-kit: Just Us. It's all about l.o.v.e. :)

available at SUN and SDD

And some CT inspiration:

by Brandy


by Mara (and she used stuff from Bubblegum Fun too, available at SUN)


by Pam


by Mandy

Speaking of my CT: I'm having a CT call! Check the ad to see if this is something for you ;)


The ad reads:
Wanna B part of the Project B Creative Team?

I'm looking for:
* layout artists that want to work with my stuff
* 1 LO per product, 3 products per month
* uploaded to 3 galleries (SUN - SDD and one of your choice)
* communication through a private blog and e-mail)
I'm appealed by:
* beautiful layouts with realistic shadows
* active blogs (not required)
* Twitter/Facebook users (not required)
I also need:
* a CT leader
* a Twitter/Facebook leader

To apply: send a link to your gallery and tell me how you think you are going to promote my designs to biebels1@gmail.com

Can't wait to see your applications!

A lovely collab and a freebie!

Yay! I'm so happy I got to work with Lina of LDrag Designs. I totally love her stuff, and we happen to sell in 2 stores together. So we decided to stick our heads together and create this kit: Lovin' You. It is a love-related kit, what else with Valentines Day nearly here? You'll find lot's of red, greenery, white and metal in this kit, which also has TWO alphas!


Available exclusively at Scrappity-Doo-Dah for -30%!

If thát didn't convince you, here's some CT inspiration (more inspiration in the store):

by Mandy

by Brandy

by Jenn

both by Jana

If you're still not sure you want this (seriously?!), you can take a closer look by downloading this QP freebie. And a little birdie told me Lina has a freebie on her blog too!!


download here (box.net)

Check back tomorrow for another new release!

New stuff

I'm here to bring you this weeks new releases! It won't be a long post, since we have some sicky buggies flying around in this house. Leonie had a short but heavy stomach flu, and got a cold after that, she gave me the same stomach flu, and seems to have past the cold on to her brother. No runny nose for him, but he breathes heavily sometimes, a bit scary!

Well, first of all: here's another set of Lucky #7 templates, perfect for P365! Each template has room to journal (paths are already there), so you can make your weekly pages nice and easy.
available at SUN and SDD (30% off this weekend only!)

And you may remember Touch of Elegance, the stuff I did for the Birds of a Feather event at SDD. I released it as a kit at SUN this week!

available at SUN (30% off this weekend only!)

Here's some CT inspiration:

layouts by Pam, Jenn and Jane (she used Lucky#7 too!)

And here's one by Brandy, using Comfort Zone

I did get some time to scrap, or maybe I should say: I needed some time to scrap. I bought the One Love charity collab (available here) and MAN it is jam packed with goodies! Well worth the money!

The first picture of daddy, mommy and Julian. Leonie saw this LO, and said: hey, where am I? I should be in there too!!

SUNny weekend is here!

Okay, there is no actual sun here, and I could sure use some!! I'm sick and tired of this snow, the world has been white for weeks now! But a SUNny weekend means tons of new releases at Sunshine Studio Scraps AND you can get them all for -30%!

Here's my new release:


Available at SUN and SDD (both -30% this weekend)

And here's some CT inspiration:


by Janel and by Jaye


by Elandriel

by Jana

Want a chance to win this kit? Enter my mini-kit challenge at SUN, one lucky winner will get this kit for FREE!

Broken nights and new releases

With a very awake baby that uhm... likes my boobies, so to say, I begin to feel the effect of very little sleep. The fact that it's winter, freezing cold and snowy (heck, they even hope we can have an Elfstedentocht this year!) isn't helping much, and I've reached the state where I begin to feel sorry for myself. Ugh, I hate that!! Whenever baby is sleeping during the day, he is in the ringsling, and I can hardly lay down to catch some sleep myself. Ah well, it will get better, eventually, right?

What else did this week bring me? Well, I finally figured out how to let Facebook work for me, and guess what, I already have more than 100 fans on my page! I'm kinda addicted to Farmville, even found a small version of the game for my iPhone. Oh yeah, I got a NEW iPhone!! Dear sweet hubby bought me one :)

On to this weeks new releases! (remember: the new releases are on -30% during this weekend!)


Messy Blocks, a set of 7 templates (great to use in P365 or P52!) *available at SUN - SDD *


Lucky #7, another template pack, this time with room for 7 pics *available at SUN - SDD *



In case anyone LIKES winter LOL, here are 5 alphas to match your pages *available at SUN - SDD *

Here's some CT inspiration:

(kits used: Colorful Memories, As we Look Back, Frozen Days and Last train to Paris)


This fun LO was created by Angie with a Lucky #7 template and the SUN grabbag Bubblegum Fun.


I created a LO with this grabbag myself, and I love it if I can say so myself!


Thanks for looking! Check back soon for a sneak peek at the kit I will release next weekend, or drop by my personal Facebook page to say hi :)