Let's roll

This week I finished my book: Let's roll. It's a true story. It tells the story about Todd Beamer. He was a guy that lost his life on flight 93, on 9/11. A very touching story. I got it from my sister for my birthday, and did finish it now. Next books to end: My escape from the auto de fé. from WM. Timms (bougt this one in the USA) and Dochter van China from C. Hope Flinchbaugh, one that I got to read from Debora.

x-mascards

Today, I had fun making x-mascards. I'm not satisfied with all of them, but some look pretty nice I think. Well, have fun and take a look. Here is the link where you can find them all. I will post the one I like the best here... http://skynetphotoservice.wistiti.be/skynet/be_NL/asp/album/album-photo-Galerie.asp?Pseudo=Skynet-395747&album=Skynet-395747WMJXa

Lance Anderson visiting

Today, Lance Anderson from Rusty Picle came to our local scrapbookstore to teach us some things. It was a SPEED course, but I learned some neat things. We made a nice album. I still need to finish it with my pictures, but once done, I'll show you. For now I can show you a picture of us with Lance.

Plufke

some lay-outs

crea bee

Lately, I'm really in a creative mood, I want you to show some of my creations.

God bless
Plufke



















I love vintagepictures. Lately I try to make some creations with those pictures. And since doodling is really in... I'm putting my 1st steps in it as well.
































This rolodexcard was swapped with a lady from the Netherlands. I love to use bears ... I'm crazy about them. I stamped the bear, masked it, then inked the background. and then I used the hearts-stars stamp. Finally I coloured the bear with my aquarelpencils.

ATC and Rolodex

Besides scrapbooking I love to make ATC (artist trading cards) I actually just started this new hobby. Well, I always loved stamps, and I usually use stamps to make my ATC's. I just participated for a swap with the theme autumn.

I also make rolodexcards for swaps. And here as well... ink and stamps are my favorit things, especially the distress inks from Tim Holtz.

Plufke

photoshoot

Last week we did a walk, and we happened to be around an old castle... a good place to take some shoots!

Enjoy!

Meetings

Meeting on thursday, october 19 and 26. Conservatoriumplein Kortrijk. @7pm .

Also te Izegem. Thursday, november 23 and 30. Plantynzaal (bibliotheek), wolvenstraat 2. Same time

Please come and join us!

Plufke

picturetime....

Last sunday I did a photoshoot from the kids of my sister. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures I made.

distressing

As most of you know, I really love scrapbooking. Yesterday I went to a course about distressing. Distressing is making you paper and pictures look old... kinda like creating old lookalike albums. It was really nice, I learned some cool things. And of course I wanted to practise today. I made a birthdaycard.
Plufke

Above all...

I was touched by a song today. It reminded me of my time in the USA when I saw the play they did about the last days of Jesus life. This song was played there too, and I wanne put it here with a picture I took on the same trip.

Above all powers, above all kings

Above all nature and all created things

Above all wisdom and all the ways of man

You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, above all thrones

Above all wonders the world has ever known

Above all wealth and treasures of the earth

There's no way to measure what you're worth

Crucified

Laid behind a stone

You lived to die

Rejected and alone

Like a rose

Trampled on the ground

You took the fall

And thought of me

Above all

Andorra

This summer I went to Andorra. It's a little state located between France and Spain. We mainly did mountainwalks. We really had a lot of fun, and we were with quite a bit... 22 people in total. I shared my room with Jeffrey, Rien and Huguette. After Andorra we went still visting "the family Volckaert". They are Belgians that moved to France. After 2 days France, we had to go back to Belgium... unfortunatly... Vacation just is way too short.

beeing busy

I really have been busy lately. Well, I went to Andorra in the beginning of july and we sure did have a very good time. I will try to post some pics of this later. For today I wanne show the little tagbook I made for my grandmothers birthday that will be end of this month.




God bless
Plufke

scrapbooking 4ever

I really got addicted to scrapbooking. In my local craftstore I go to the scrapbookclub, the following link will show you a picture of me.
http://www.hobbyselect.be/default.asp?id=21&mnu=37&title=Scrapbookingclub

And the next link will show you one of my pages... just scroll down to the bottom.
http://www.hobbyselect.be/default.asp?id=60&mnu=60

books books books

An update on some books I read recently:

Soulsurfer

Bethany Hamilton

Nice story, I like to read biography's. This one is from Bethany Hamilton. She was attacked by a shark and lost her arm due to this. She also had a personal website: http://www.bethanyhamilton.com/

Miracle from the streets

Cheri Peters

A very touching story. It's really unbelievable what Cheri all went through. It's pretty shoking too, this book really touches you. Once you start reading, you sure wanne finish the book. I actually did read both books in one breath.

last picture of my trip to the USA

Well, the most beautiful ones you will only see in my scrapbook! A good reason to visit me.


And this is a picture of one of the Falls in the smoky's. Meigs Falls. And Plufke is crazy about Falls, we saw 4 Falls in the Smoky's.

Troodel and me

yeah, it's a real one...

Taken in the Smoky's... so cool, I saw a bear in the wild...

Trudy, Matt and Me

Daytona Beach

in the air

Jordan took a real neat picture of me... I sure do like it. Thanks Jordan!

Geography lesson

Tori had a report on Belgium. And who could be a better person to answer questions over this little country. My ID, passport, driving license... went through all the students hands... and I felt
privileged to be in an American class... sure cool!

Back in Belgium

Hello everyone,

I'm back in Belgium. Yeah, I know I have been neglecting my blog a bit. I guess I bought too much scrapbook stuff. Since I've come home, I sure have enjoyed scapbooking.
I mainly worked on some little books for others, and of course I did continue to work on my trip to the USA in 2004.
I sure can tell alot about this trip. I will put some pictures on this site. Some things that come to mind immediately when I think back on this trip are the nice times I had with Trudy. I sure enjoyed throwing some icy water on her... (lol).
Victoria, Trudy's niece, invited me to her school which was cool, too. She had to do a report on Belgium. The student's had the opportunity to ask a real Belgium questions...which I enjoyed very much. Another thing which was very nice was the "bearhunting" we did at the smoky's, and with success, we did see a bear in the wild, didn't try to give it a hug though.
There are still a lot of stories I can tell, and I might tell more later on... but that's it for now....

Plufke

relaxing in the States

Hello everyone,

I have been gone for a bit here, but now I am back. I am spending a vacation in the USA. I am just back from Florida. Did spend a little week over there. We had a lot of fun at Daytona Beach. We also visited the Holy Land Experience Park in Orlando, which was also neat. On sabbath before easter I went to Collegedale and got to see a wonderfull pageant. It was called Sonrise, over 100 actors helped to perform. It was about Jesus last days, his death and the resurrection. It really looked professional done, I liked it very much. Now I am in back in Tennessee, and tomorrow we will leave for Chatanooga.
I had already the chance to visit an ABC-store, and bought some neat things.
I sure do like the scrapbookstuff they have over here too... so so cool. It looks like I'll come back packed like a donkey. (Troodel already has fun with this idea, she's sitting next to me imitating a donkey.) Well I sure do like vacation days, don't miss my job a single second. Greetings from Veerle alias Plufke.

creation or evolution?

Four interesting lectures abtout this subject will find place soon!

Find out more: http://www.bijbelgetrouwechristenen.be/Uitnodiging/Uitnodiging%20voordracht.pdf

Plufke

blessed sabbath

Hi everyone,

Last sabbath was a very blessed one. I organised a special afternoon. Everyone could bring a song that he/she liked and then we all listened to it. The person also told why he/she liked the song. It was a very blessed day. I'll post a song that I heard there which I liked very much.

Sanctuary - Chris Rodriguez (Streams)

Seems I left the innocence of Eden long ago
Tempted by my heart to go it on my own
Beyond the garden
Somehow through the desert of my wanderings alone
You have never let me go

I turn from You and still You cover me
I fall so far - you find me in the deep
Anywhere I am, anywhere I am
You sanctuary me

I have felt the separation deep within my bones
Brought me to my knees crying out for hope
Beyond the garden
Somehow through my tears You heard the words I
Could not speak, You were there to rescue me

I turn from You - and still You cover me
I fall so far - you find me in the deep
I lose my way - you're reaching out to me
Everywhere I go
Anywhere I am, anywhere I am
You sanctuary me

uplifting text

my 2 nephews

Today I went visiting my sister. Timothy is a nice sweet little boy. It's nice to see him change. Jonas was proud that he could hold his little brother for the picutre.

Cheese.....

Plufke

Carnaval

Today we had a special evening for our elderies, we invited a guy that played music of the old days and we all dressed up for carnaval. Enjoy the pictures below. The 2nd picture is one of me, Sofie and Sara.

Plufke

a song I like - with a deep text

"If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ronan Keating)

Sometimes late at night

I lie awake and watch her sleeping

She's lost in peaceful dreams

So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark

And the thought crosses my mind

If I never wake up in the morning

Would she ever doubt the way

I feelAbout her in my heart

If tomorrow never comes

Will she know how much I loved her

Did I try in every way

to show her every day

That she's my only one

And if my time on earth were through

And she must face this world without me

Is the love I gave her in the past

Gonna be enough to last

If tomorrow never comes'

Cause I've lost loved ones in my life

Who never knew how much I loved them

Now I live with the regret

That my true feelings for them never were revealed

So I made a promise to myself

To say each day how much she means to me

And avoid that circumstance

Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

If tomorrow never comes

Will she know how much I loved her

Did I try in every way to show her every day

That she's my only one

And if my time on earth were through

And she must face this world without me

Is the love I gave her in the past

Gonna be enough to last

If tomorrow never comes

So tell that someone that you love

Just what you're thinking of

If tomorrow never comes

Last dinner with Griet

last dinner

Yesterday we had our last dinner with our little group. We will have to say bye bye to Griet for a few months, since she is leaving to work for Thomas Cook. We plan to visit her on her new location although we don't know yet where this will be. Here you can see some pictures of yesterday. We gave her a little scrapbook we all made with nice memories.

Plufke

Atomium

Sunday I wanted to visit the Atomium with a friend. The line was too long unfortunatly. It was just open again, and I didn't expect that so many people would have the same idea and visit it. Well, still had a wonderfull time with my friend though.

Plufke

hobbyfair

Hello guys,

Today I went to a fair in Kortrijk. It was about hobbies... And knowing me... lol yeah I did spend some money. I finaly found the stamp I was looking for. I had already fun using it. Yeah, of course when I got home I had to try everything out. I made 2 little books. One of the 2 is really "mini". It's as "big" as a slideframe... so you can imagine. I printed all little pics. It's a real cute thing. And once you begin to craft it's hard to stop... I'll probably go to the scrapbookcourse tomorrow too...

Plufke

Scrapbooking

Hello everyone,

For the ones that know me pretty well, they know for sure that I love to scrap! Scrapbooking is one of my mainhobbies. I try to make at least one page a week. When I don't have time one week, I try to catch up in another week. Like this evening I did make 2 pages. For the moment I'm busy with my album that is about my trip to the USA in August 2004.
I have a separate scapblog where I weekly try to put one page on. Everyone can vote on the pages. The adress is: http://scrapypluf.skynetblogs.be/ Feel free to vote!

Plufke

pictures of Timothy and company

Timothy

Today at 9.32 am I became aunt for the third time. My sis delivered this morning from a nice cute little boy. His name is Timothy. He is 52cm tall and has a weight of 3kg 620gr. Mother and child are doing fine. I already got the chance to see my little nephew and I could hold him already in my hands. Thanks to God for such a nice little wonder.

Plufke

Griet

Often when you saw pictures of me and my friends, you saw a picture of Rien, Huguette, Jeffrey, Griet and me. Griet will leave us now, cause she found a job as a Host. She'll be working for Thomas Cook and is leaving to another country. I sure gonne miss her. But I'm glad for her that she found a job. I wish you good luck Griet.

Rotterdam

Sunday I went visiting a chatfriend in Rotterdam. We did have a very nice time. It was nice to visit the picturemuseum there, although I had expected much more from it. After that I went windowshopping a bit, and I had a nice meal with Riley in a Dutch restaurant. Thank you for the wonderful day Riley!

Songs...

Wanne share some songs I like. Well, those ones here I heard a lot in the car while in Germany. We goofed a lot with a Dutch song called.... "heb je even voor mij" from Frans Bauer... But here some of Celine Dion I like: 10 days - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)- I'm alive. Those songs are from her album a new day has come.

CELINE DION - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)

I did not know there was a plan
Somewhere a perfect man
I don't believe in the stars
Then you smiled at my pretense
As you broke down my defenses
Just want to be where you are
Love ain't like fashion
The look remains the same
I'll wear your heart forever
'Cause some things never change
Like rain, tax
After lightning the thunder cracks
(It's inevitable)
Sooner or later it had to come true
Like rain, tax
Weeds grow up through the pavement cracks
(It's inevitable)
You see what I want
What I want is you
Thought that life was logical
Love was a miracle
That happened to someone else, not me
Baby, I must've said a little prayer
Suddenly I looked up and you were there
And the rest is history
I don't want to be an island anymore
Just resign yourself
'Cause there's one thing for sure
Like rain, tax
After lightning the thunder cracks
(It's inevitable)
Sooner or later it had to come true
Like rain, tax
Weeds grow up through the pavement cracks
(It's inevitable)
You see what I want
What I want is you
It had to be you
It had to be you
Say you'll be here forever
You and me here together
When will you see what I want
What I want is you
Like rain, tax
After lightning the thunder cracks
(It's inevitable)
Sooner or later it had to come true
Like rain, tax
Weeds grow up through the pavement cracks
(It's inevitable)
You see what I want
What I want is you
Like rain, tax
After lightning the thunder cracks
(It's inevitable)
Sooner or later it had to come true
Like rain, tax
Weeds grow up through the pavement cracks
(It's inevitable)
You see what I want
What I want is you

Books

I wanne tell a bit about the books I did read lately. The 1st one is called: "de harde waarheid" by Daniël Hallock. In English the book is called: "Six Months to Live : Learning from a Young Man with Cancer." As the title reveals it's about a young guy (age 22) that suddenly got cancer and how he dealt with the whole stuff. It's a very nice and uplifting book. It's a book that makes you think over the essentials of life, worth reading for sure.

The second book I wanne mention is called: "2x genade" by Harold Morris (Dianne Barker). In English: "Twice Pardoned." It's about a guy that had some bad friends, and due to them got in prison for murder although he didn't commit a murder. He had to stay there for several years. In prison he became a christian. He normally never would get free, cause he had received twice a lifesentence. But with God nothing is impossible. Nice book, when you begin, you wanne read it till the end!

some pics of our trip to Germany

a little bit of everything

Last week I went to Germany with my friends. On thursday we celebrated Huguette's birthday. Rien had organised a party in her favorite restaurant. He had invited friends and colleagues of her, and she didn't know of anything, it was a real surprise for her, and she sure did enjoy it.

The day after her birthday we went to Germany. Huguette surprised us with a lovely week-end. When we arrived we 1st had to go and shop a bit. We didn't do too bad, actually we found that Germany isn't that expensive, we spent like 100€ on food for 5 people (some years ago we spended 12.000 bef, that's like 300€ on food for one week, in France). During the weekend we went walking, swimming, etc... we also visited Echternach in Luxemburg. So we did more then one country. Monday we shopped a whole day in Köln. It was late when we drove back home. We almost got locked up in our parkingplace. And another detail.... we had to push the car because of a dead battery on mondaymorning.... we have again storries too tell, and that's what we sure do like!

Plufke

Thank you Natanael

As you can see, my blog changed a bit. My chatfriend of Brazil did a wonderful job. He did make a nice title for my blog. He's a real artist. He also has a very cool site, unfortunatly most is in Portuguese. Well, I found something in English... check out... (under August). hehehe. Thank you for being a great friend Natanael!

Newyearsparty

Yesterday we did have our newyearsparty with our church. It was really cool. We had a potluck for dinner, and believe me, there was really plenty too eat.

In the afternoon everyone could participate in the programm with a poem, a song, etc... I presented the whole stuff, it really was a blessed day.

My little niece did sing a song as well. She did a good job, singing for a whole audience, only being 4 years old. I really was proud of her!

happy new year

Hello everyone. I wanne wish you a very happy new year. I did spend newyearseve with my friends. We had fun! We ate together and exchanged some gifts. We also enjoyed some fireworks.