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Birgit Koopsen
Scrapbooking. Mixed-Media. Art Journaling, Photography. Color. Read. Travel. Good Food. Wife. Mom of 3. Happy. Positive. I design, I teach, I blog.
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How nice is it to find something special back of which you forgot you had it?! While cleaning out Marlijn's room today we came accross this memory game I created almost 5 years ago as a guest designer for Prima,... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Yes! it's Friday, almost weekend and here we are again with another Behind the Scenes! Today I want to introduce to you another one of my favorite manufacturers. Please meet: I've been a guest designer for Jillibean once, used their... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Yes, I know... I've been a bad, bad, bad blogger. But sometimes other things are more important than blogging I guess :) I'll try to better from now on! Today I have a new Behind the Scenes for you. Which... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Yes, we did! On our announcement of the Artfusion Event we planned we got a lot of comments about the location. Many of you asked us why we didn’t plan it somewhere in the middle of the Netherlands. It would... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Don't you love getting stuff for free? Of course you do! :) Right now Sizzix has some fun spring papers that you can download for free! You can find them here! Today I want to share with you a layout... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Welcome to Behind the Scenes! This week I am happy to announce a Dutch manufacturer of awesome stamps. Please meet: We're talking to Louise today. Louise please introduce yourself. My name is Louise Kolker and I am the owner of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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One of the new (for me) products I brought home from CHA is Kroma Crackle. I was blown away by the amazing and colorful samples they had ad the booth and just wanted to try myself. This was one of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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I'm thrilled to be one of 6 teachers at the 5th Intohimona Skäppäys (Passionate about Scrapbooking) Event in Helsinki, April 19-21, 2013. I will be teaching 3 classes. Six other classes will be taught by these amazing teachers: From Finland... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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I am very happy and excited to announce that I will be teaching at Creative Moments with Scrap-Perra in Stockholm - Sweden, August 31 - September 1 together with these amazing teachers: Nat Kalbach, Janna Werner and Asa Danielsson I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Welcome to a new episode of Behind the Scenes on this cold and wintery Friday! Today I'm thrilled to introduce to you a company for which I'm designing for over a year now. They have great products that I love... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Today on the Crafty Power Blog step-by-step instructions on how to make this card using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3LTM and Silk Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs. o Wishing you a lovely sunday and happy crafting! Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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It's Friday again, almost weekend! :) But first we have a new episode of Behind the Scenes - Meet the Manufacturers! Lucky winner of last weeks BTS is: Congratulations Alice! Please e-mail me your address and the stamp set +... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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One of my favorite French magazines, Histoires de Pages, is celebrating their 8th anniversary! Congratulations to the HdP team for making such a wonderful magazine for all these years. Hopefully there are many more to come! In the current issue... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Before I forget I'm going to announce the winner of the Craft Stamper blog hop. And thank you to everyone who visited my blog and all the sweet comments on my Gelli Plate post! The winner of the Scrapbook Adhesives... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Hello! It's friday again :) Time for a new episode of Behind the scenes! I know some of you are already looking forward to these weekly interviews and I want to thank all of you for your great response and... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Yes, finally we get to announce our little secret :) The date was set for ages, the plans were there even longer, we just had to make it concrete and now we did! The weekend of April 13-14 my sweet... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Welcome to my part of the Craft Stamper Blog Hop! If you didn't pop in here because of the blog hop then make sure to hop over to the Craft Stamper Blog first now to join in, as there are... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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It's Friday! BTS-day! But before I introduce you to todays manufacturer let's announce last weeks winner! Congratulations Jackie! You are the lucky winner of those 5 gorgeous TCW stencils! Please e-mail me you address so we can send them out... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Hello! The last year I've very much enjoyed beeing on the WOW! US DT but starting this year I switched to the UK team as that seemed more convenient for me living in Europe. I have done a guest post... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Very excited! Today is my turn at Creative Jump Start Summit 2013!! Here's a little sneak peek of what I'm doing: If you haven't signed up yet, you still can! Click here! If you have... Enjoy!! :) Have a lovely... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Hello and welcome to Behind the Scenes - Meet the Manufacturers! I hope you enjoyed last week's episode! Let's start with the winners of those lovely Sizzix dies choosen with random.org! Here they are: Congratulations ladies!! Diane Bosscher, Marie-Anne Raeman,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Hello! Today I have for you a canvas that I created for the Tattered Angels CHA booth using some of the new fabulous colors. They are so strong, bright and happy, just love them!! The texture was created usig tags,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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Alsmost a week ago I returned home from CHA. Tired but very satidfied. I arrived at LAX on wednesday afternoon where my sweet friend and room mate Nat Kalbach was waiting for me. We took a shuttle to our hotel... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2013 at My scrappin' life
Best time: Mice dinner with you and the blender girls!
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Hello and welcome to the 3rd episode of Behind the Scenes - Meet the Manufacturers. Today's manufacturer is: Over the last couple of months Sizzix generously gave me the opportunity to play with their products and I love them! I've... Continue reading
Posted Jan 18, 2013 at My scrappin' life
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