Happy Valentine's Day!

💕Hello everyone💕,

I'm not a big fan of commercial holidays like Valentine's Day, it's just too much for me. Maybe it's because I'm Dutch, it's definitely not as big over here as it is in the States for example. But I also feel that you should show your love for someone you care for on a daily basis, not just go over the top on one special day. Buying expensive gifts etc.. it just doesn't feel right to me. But I have to admit, I have sent cards in the past, just a sweet little message for the one I was with. I guess that's what you were 'meant' to do on Valentine's Day?
Nowadays, me and my guy sometimes do a little something for Valentine's Day, but it doesn't have to be especially on the 14th of February though. Often it's on the 15th of a random month, because that's the day (in November) we got together 5 years ago. 

💖But..... this Valentine's Day I do like to bring gifts... for you to download.💖😁

This kit was originally from 2017, so that's relatively new, but I have adjusted it a bit and added some new elements.  It's not a huge kit, but definitely a complete kit, with lots of useful stuff in it I think. There are 4 parts, and you can download 2 parts on here and the other 2 parts on my Facebook Group to complete the kit. I hope you like it! 💕

xx Marjan xx

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A Very Blue Monday

I hope your Blue Monday isn't too blue! 

This kit won't help, because it is blue all over, and I think it will be a while before I touch anything blue coloured when I'm working on a kit in Photoshop, because for now, I've had enough of the colour BLUE... lol! Luckily the kit I'm currently working on for the February Pixel Scrapper blogtrain has just one very dark blue in the colourscheme, so that's good. 😉

The last 2 parts of 'January Blues' are now ready for download. 

You can grab the elements here, with the link below the preview. As a little extra, I also have a part 5, with some cute journal cards and wordart and a quickpage I made ages ago, in 2400x2400 pixels, so not the normal size, but still I think it's lovely, with a beautiful poem about January on it. If you'd like to get this part as well, head over to my Facebook group , that's where I share the link to the downloadpage! 

I hope the rest of your January will be good, with many sunny winterdays! ⛄⛅🌞

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January Blues...

Goodmorning everyone, 

It's a beautiful cold and frosty (but also very sunny) sundaymorning over here and I can't wait to go on a walk later today. Winter is finally here, and although I don't really like cold weather, when it's like this, I wish every winterday would be like this.🌞

Tomorrow it's Blue Monday, I think you've heard of it. A day, apparently, when a lot of people feel down or depressed, at least that's what I read everywhere. It's mostly because of the feeling a lot of us have, after a month of celebrations, holidays and festivities, to come down from all of that and having the long month of a cold and grey January ahead of us. 

Personally, I don't feel like that on Blue Monday. I love December, but I always look forward to a fresh new year, full of new opportunities and chances. 

So I do like January as well, also mainly because my son will turn 8 by the end of the month. 😲

It only seems like yesterday when he was born, but.. well, time flies! 😵

Years ago (in 2010) I made one of my first fullsize minikits, and I called it January Blues. I had never heard of Blue Monday back then, but I guess I knew the feeling it referred to. The kit is in - of course - blue shades and has a lot of denim / jeans elements and papers in it, which I love. The kit needed some adjusting and updating, and I think it still is a pretty fun kit, with the adjustments I made. It contains 18 papers and about 50 elements. 

You can grab the first 3 parts today, and I will upload part 4 & 5 tomorrow, on Blue Monday. I just hope it won't be too Blue for You. 😉

I hope you like it, let me know how useful it is in the comments sections. 

Have a happy Sunday! 

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Happy New Year!

"And now we welcome the new year.

Full of things that have never been."

(- Rainer Maria Rilke)

First, I'm wishing all of you a very happy, healthy and of course a very creative New Year! 💥🎇🎉🎆 

2018 has been a good year for me over all, but I'm also happy to welcome 2019. I'm happy and thankful to receive so much love and friendship from so many great people in my life, to have a good health and so many good things to look forward to int the new year. I'm also happy to be able to keep creating, for you digiscrappers out there, but also for myself and others who like my paintings, drawings, jewellery etc. I just love being creative and I couldn't do without it. 

But now, here's to the real news of today; 

This is my participation in the January Pixel Scrapper blogtrain, called Science Fiction. 

You can find the other blogtrain parts here on the Pixel Scrapper forum.

I struggled a bit creating this, but I think it turned out ok, it's definitely not as big a kit as the last one, and I don't think it's my best kit either, but in the end I do like it and especially the little aliens (who are VERY friendly and only come visiting us in Peace ✌👽) and UFO's are pretty cute. 

I hope you can use all of it with your pictures, have fun creating some extraterrestrial layouts! 👽

xx Marjan xx

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Merry Christmas everbody!

At last! 

Here are the two last additional parts of the Retro Holly Jolly kit. The plan was to upload them seperately, but I have no idea when I'll have the time the next few days, so I'm going to share them both at once, here on the blog.

I think this will be the last time I'll be posting before the holidays, so I really would like to take time to thank all of you who have been downloading my kits the last couple of months. It's been wonderful to do some digital designing again, and I'm sure I'm going to keep doing it, for sure when the busy festive days are over and I'll have some time to sit down and start designing a new kit. I already have some ideas and of course I'll be participating in the next Pixel Scrapper blogtrain, with the Science Fiction theme. I finished it a while ago, and I struggled a lot with this one! I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out, but I think it's not my best work though, haha. I actually love Science Fiction, but somehow I found it very hard to translate it in some useful stuff for a scrapbooking kit. 

A little reminder for you as well; both Free Spirit kits will be taken down next weekend, so you better be fast if you still like to download it. 

For now, I'm wishing everyone a very merry Christmas. I hope you can all relax for a while and enjoy the festive days, like we're going to do (hopefully).   

I'll be back on one of the last days of this year for the blogtrain post, so be sure to check in then. 😉

Season's Greetings! 

🎇🎄🎅🎄🎇

Marjan

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Christmas around the corner

Goodmorning everyone! 

It's been a week since I posted the first extra part from Retro Holly Jolly. It's been such a busy week, the hectic days before Christmas I guess, that I haven't had the time to  post more. But I always keep my promise, so here I am with another part for you.  I will be posting this on my Facebook Group, so you better be heading there if you'd like to grab it.  Maybe I'll be posting it here on the blog after Christmas, but for now it will just be on there. 

This part contains 54 more elements, and they combine with the original blog train part beautifully. 

Just click below the preview to go to the Facebook Group and click the link on there to download this part. 
Have fun with it and look out for 2 more parts this week! 

- x - 

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Letting you know

Hello again, 

Today's just a little reminder that by the end of this week my kit 'Touch Of Frost' will no longer be available on my blog. I will take it down on the 7th of December, so if you like it and don't have it yet, be quick to download it. 

And.... 😁

The last few days I noticed a lot of traffic on my blog and on my downloadpages at Mediafire. The kits 'Free Spirit' and 'Retro Holly Jolly' have been downloaded hundreds of times, in just a few days time, which is really nice to know. I'm glad you all like my work and of course this inspires me to keep making freebies. Many of you leave messages and sincerely appreciate my work, and that's why I share my digital goodies.  I also would like to point out that I really enjoy reading your feedback, or even a simple 'thank you' after you've downloaded my products. Seeing the numbers of downloads on the hosting sites is great, but also very 'abstract' if you know what I mean. It's nice to maybe get to know a bit more of the people who are downloading my kits. I've learned that people from all over the world have been downloading the kits, from Russia, Europe, the US and even Australia. It is so nice to know that, it makes it more 'special', since I'm Dutch and don't usually 'talk' to people from all corners of the world. So please keep that going! 💖

When I download products from other designers, I always try to find a place where I can leave a 'thank you'. It's just a confirmation to the designer that his/her hard work is very much appreciated. 

That's all for today, I'll be back soon with the rest of the Retro Holly Jolly kit and don't forget to grab 'Touch Of Frost' while you still can! 

Hello December!

And yes, December's here. Great times ahead with the holidays, and of course for digiscrapping. 

The second blogtrain I joined on Pixel Scrapper is a good old-fashioned Christmas kit. The colours are beautiful, muted and pastel. 

I loved this theme so much, although I had a hard time getting into the Holly Jolly mood, but that was only because it still was October when I started designing it and the weather was way too sunny and too warm to think of winter and Christmas. 

I think the kit turned out really cute, I love the penguin I drew, and although I don't think there are a lot of 'retro' items in this kit, it is still very useful for your Christmas photos. 

The other thing I found somewhat difficult, was to stop designing. 😂 The kit has become way too big to join the blogtrain, so I had to split it up in different parts. The first parts are for the Pixel Scrapper blogtrain, the other parts will be available on my blog and Facebook group during the month of December. If you don't want to miss out, just check my blog regularly and I will let you know when and where to get it. 

For now, here is my contribution for the Pixel Scrapper Blogtrain, I hope you like it and that you can make beautiful Christmas layouts with it. 

You can find the rest of the blogtrain here on the Pixel Scrapper Forums. 

Happy Holidays everyone! 

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Free Spirit II

Whaa... I'm a little late with this one! I've been busy lately, so this one almost slipped my mind, but here it is, finally! 

Tomorrow's the day for Retro Holly Jolly by the way, so you scrappers are reaaally getting spoiled this month! 

Anyway.. here's the second version of Free Spirit. Have fun with it and let me know what you think! 

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Are you in the mood for Christmas yet?

Retro Holly Jolly spoiler 😉 

Oh my, it's almost December. This year went by so fast, I can hardly get my head around it that Christmas is around the corner, yet again.  

Today I have a little spoiler for you, a preview of my kit Retro Holly Jolly. 

It contains the Pixel Scrapper blogtrain contribution and the extended versions for my blog and Facebook group, which makes it a very large Christmas kit. 

The first parts will be available on December 1st, and during December I will upload the other parts, so stay tuned for that! 

Also stay tuned for the other part of the Free Spirit kit, which will be released this week too. 

SPOILER:👀❤✌

Free Spirit I

"A free spirit 

is just an old soul

with all its karma paid,

needing to prove nothing"

- unknown

Here is the first part of the Free Spirit kit, in very soft colours, even with pink, which is rather unusual for me. 😆😂

I hope you like it and that you can use it for your pictures.  

It will be available for free for 2 weeks! 

Leave a message to let me know what you think. 

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Free Spirit

Soo... Pink isn't really my colour.
I've never been that kind of girl who had her whole room decorated with pink, princessy, girly stuff. Oh yes, I've played with dolls, a lot to be honest. But I never was that obsessed with them being dressed in pink and I honestly can't remember ever wearing pink clothes myself... at least as a unicoloured item. Maybe if there are pink flowers on a shirt, or even a bright pink for my nails in summer.... I'd wear it, but that's as far as it goes. I don't hate it... I just don't LOVE it. As long as I can remember blue has been my colour. Especially the aqua blues (and greens), beautiful turquoise and petrol. And it still is actually. 
But when I collected some CU items to use for a next kit, I came across the colour palette that I used for this kit and I actually loved it. There may be pink in it, I think it came out as a classy, chic kit, a bit bohemian and sparkly.

Here are the previews of both kits, the first one is with pink/black/gold, the other one is with more copper, beige, sammon tints. The kits will be online within the next week, so keep an eye out for it. 

Just Love Add-On

November 15th, 2013 was a very special day for me. 💓😉

So today, 5 years later, I want to share this with my followers/viewers/readers and offer an add-on for the kit Just Love. It's just a minikit with stuff that didn't get to go in the big kit. It will be available until January 2019, unlike the full kit, that will only be available as a freebie for  another week. If you don't want to miss out, get it now. 😁

Then also, this week is the last week some of my kits will be available as freebies. A Soft Touch is already taken down and Autumn Day and Say Boo will be taken down by the end of this week. If you haven't got them yet, I can only remind you to download them now before they are no longer available. 

The good news is, I have a few new kits planned and they will go online in the next few weeks. One kit is called Free Spirit and it's a large one, in 2 different colourschemes, so you can choose, or just grab them both. The kit is in a bohemian theme, hippie style, or however you like to call it. I will show some previews next week, it's definitely a fancy kit in soft colours. 
Then of course, we have a Christmas kit, the blogtrain theme Retro Holly Jolly, that will go online on December 1st. So, enough to keep you busy scrapping for the coming months. Until then, have fun with the goodies and let me know what you think. xx

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Last few days for A Soft Touch

Just a reminder that this kit will be taken down soon as a freebie! Tomorrow is the last day you can download it. It 's a very popular kit, so I think many of you already got it, but if you don't, I guess here's your last chance. 😉
I am uploading most of it on the Pixel Scrapper commons section, (if you're a member there) but it won't be the whole kit and it comes in small parts, so it will take a while before you'll have most of the elements and papers. 

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It's Just Love

Hello! 

Today I have a kit for you that I first made in 2012, called Just Love. I upgraded it and added a lot of new elements and papers because I love the colour palette and think it's a really nice 'November' kit. 

And because me and my Mr. 😍 are celebrating our anniversary of 5 years, later next week. 💖
In 2013 we got to know eachother and my life changed so much when we met. I really feel like those 5 years have gone by so fast, and every single day was a blessing. Together we are so strong, and I feel like I can do anything because of 'him'. We've been through a lot together, but I know nothing can come between us. Every day I wake up happy, and each night  I go to bed happy. And that's how it's supposed to be! 

So for this little celebration, I bring you this gift. It's in 6 parts, the files are not too large. There's also a part 7, an AddOn, that I'm saving for later, as a special download for people who are taking the time to leave a message below. But I will explain all that later, in a few days. 😉

I've returned my files to Mediafire, Sendspace was not working for me, the files take a loooong time to download. As soon as I find another hosting site, I will let you know.

For now have fun with this kit, leave a message below if you like it. The kit will be up for 2 weeks, so be sure to get it in time. 

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Family Traditions

Hello November! 

This is my first contribution for a blogtrain on the forums of Pixel Scrapper. The theme was 'Family Traditions' and I didn't find it very easy. In Holland we don't have Thanksgiving or anything and using a typical Dutch tradition isn't really useful for all the (mostly) American scrappers. 

So I kept it basic, making use of the colour palette, with elements and papers that will be of use for anyone with a family, friends or pets.. really. 😉

The rest of the blogtrain is really amazing, and very divers! It's nice to see how one theme can be translated in so many different ways. If you'd like to grab the other parts of this blogtrain, go to the Pixel Scrapper forums and you'll find a list of all the contributions. 

The next blogtrain will be a Christmas themed one, and I've already started designing (a few weeks ago already, lol)! It's so much fun to do, the colour palette is amazing and the theme is Retro Holly Jolly. So it will be a fun kit over all I guess! I know my part will be a big one, or for download available in many parts, on the forums and on here, because well... it's a Christmas kit and I like to bring gifts. For now, here is the minikit of Family Traditions. The download button will direct you to the Dropbox download links. 

I hope you like it! 

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Say Boooooo!

Happy Halloween! 

Halloween isn't a 'real' holiday in The Netherlands, and not celebrated like in other parts of the world.  But, I think it's a great themeday, the scary stuff, the dressing up, and of course trick & treat (for the kids 😁 ) . 
So I thought I'd make a minikit, especially for those people who do celebrate this holiday and who will make lots of pictures of their & their kids' scary costumes and party's. 

I began a few days ago.. thinking it definitely would be a small kit, with about 20 elements and 10 papers. Well... that didn't work out, haha. I couldn't stop designing all these cute little figures and things, and I tried to add a few pretty scary elements too. 

Soooo.. here's the 'MINI' kit, with over 40 elements and 24 papers, as a freebie for you! It will be available for 2 weeks, so be sure to grab it! 

There are 5 parts, the files are not too big. Have fun with it and let me know what you think of it! 

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