Free Christmas Card at Zazzle!

"Keep Calm and Jingle On" is one of our brandnew Christmas Card Designs for 2011 and you have the opportunity to sample it FOR FREE!

Use the promo code VVIAICJMTMUV to get one free holiday card printed with the design above. Limit one per customer.

Go get your free card here

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100% of card net sale price (excluding shipping and taxes) is deducted when qualifying http://www.zazzle.com/137846641868172640 greeting card is purchased from http://www.zazzle.com/cfkaatje and the coupon code VVIAICJMTMUV is applied at checkout. Offer does not apply to create your own cards. Offer does not apply to card orders of two or more. Buyer is responsible for shipping and handling and sales tax charges. Failure to comply with promotional offer conditions may result in order cancellation. Offer is valid through November 24, 2011 at 11:59pm PT. Offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or volume discount offers. If a volume discount applies to your order, you will receive either the discount set forth in this offer or the standard volume discount, whichever is greater. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only.

Flying Piggies

My flying piggy stickers got featured on the Creative Artist blog today. 
Next to stickers we have a lot more to show you, in fact we created a whole piggie world over at our Corrieweb Zazzle store!

I love to paint pigs as well. Here's one I did back in 2006, with the Dutch title "Op stelten" (= on stilts).

This one was part of a series on paper that featured in a book called "Het Stapelschaap en andere dierengedichten" (stacking sheep and other animal poetry). The book combines 29 paintings with original poetry written by Dutch authors. The project was a lot of fun to do, it took me about 3 months of solid paiting to get the collection done. 

The book launched at the opening of my galerie show which showcased the original paintings.

Piggies on paper (Greeting Cards) at Greeting Card Universe:

   

Loonies on the Yukon

As you are reading this there is a monster race happening in Alaska, called the Yukon River Quest.

The 740-kilometer (460 mile) wilderness adventure paddling race is held on the Yukon river from Whitehorse to Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territory. Held during the last week of June, the YRQ is known as the "Race to the Midnight Sun". Paddlers race round-the-clock, as the sky never gets dark. It is a true marathon with just two mandatory rest stops of 10 hours over the course of the entire event.




There are 71 teams from 10 countries (Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Sweden and the USA) participating in tandem canoe, tandem kayak, solos and voyageur canoes.

One of these teams is an all female group from the USA called Loonies Les Femmes. This 8 women Alaskan/Texas blend is racing in a voyageur canoe. One of the team members is Nene's aunt Chris, a very enthausiastic first timer.



We are rooting for the fierce Loonies and hope they will finish in one piece and on time!
Aunt Christ is crazy about Alaska and Moose in particular, so I thought it very fitting to design a paddling moose in a YRQ canoe for the team.

Featured - 2 Giraffes

Our 2 giraffes stickers are featured on the Creative Artists Blog today. Thanks Emily :-)

True Friends Leave Footprints in Your Heart - Today's Best at Zazzle

Anyone in need of encouragement and inspiration, like someone fighting cancer or another illness, will find the words on this greeting card will uplift their spirits.
Let someone know you love and support them by sending a greeting card with a positive message to let them know how much you cherish their friendship.

We are very happy that this card has made it into the Today's Best selection at Zazzle!

You'll find more of our encouragement cards here

Cow-a-bungee!

It's cow time again!
Take a flying leap with this fun cow-a-bungee design.


Looks great on a white


Looks great on blue, too!


And what to think of a cool tote bag?


To wish someone success on their (first) bungee jump, we have this fun greeting card

And this "wow, i can't believe you dit it!" to congratulate them on their bravery!
All these (and more) are available in our Zazzle store!

"I love you every day of the week!"

We've added a set of new encouragement greeting cards to our Zazzle store.

"I love you" Greeting card front

and the inside of the card.

Also in this theme (yet in a different color) we have: "I'm here for you", "Thinking of you" and "I miss you".

The cards are also available for purchase in our GCU store (but without the colored inside).

"this blows" angry whale - Today's Best at Zazzle

Wow, another Today's Best Award at Zazzle! My whales are on a role!



Looks good on a shirt, too!

I love whales shirt - Today's Best at Zazzle

"I love whales" has been awarded the Today's Best Award at Zazzle!

Scooter Cow - Relationship Specific Bday Cards

Next to our age specific Scooter Cow Bday cards, I would also like to share our relationship specific version (all available in our Zazzle store). So if you are looking for a fun birthday card to send to your mom, sister-in-law, personal trainer or second cousin...we have it!


This is on the inside of the cards, though they are fully customizable.

Birthday Whale 6 years old - Today's Best at Zazzle

I'm very happy to see that one of our Whale Age Specific Birthday Greeting cards has been given the Today's Best award at Zazzle.

The Only Courage That Matters - Today's Best at Zazzle

If you know someone who has cancer, another chronic or serious illness, or needs encouragement, this card will give them a much-needed morale boost. Sending a greeting card can really bring sunshine into someone's day, and let them know they're not alone.

I'm very proud that one of our encouragement cards has received a Zazzle TBA today.

On our Cancer Touches Everyone blog you find many helpful tips on this subject.

Hurray! it's your B-Day!

Now up at our Zazzle store - "Hurray it's your ... B-Day" age specific birthday greeting cards (from ages 1 to 100).

Gotta scoot!

The cow themed designs continue (I warned you I would)....so I've got a cow on a Vespa for you today!

Always wanted to do one of those :-)


You can also get your cow on a scooter without text.


The "on the moooove" alternative shown here on a grocery tote.


And for a splash of summer color go for this version!

WTFBBQ?!

Sometimes you end up with a wacky design, like this one :-)

Kitties rule my world

I had to work on some Father's day cards with a cat theme for a charity card site (I will tell you more about that next week). And as it happens sometimes....out popped a new design that was perfect to use on some of Zazzle's great merchandise :-)

If kitties rule your world, this is a perfect shirt for you! (also comes in stickers, mug, apron, magnet, tote bag , button and key chain).

No Spring Chicken - Today's Best at Zazzle

Hurray! My "No Spring Chicken....but you're still a tasty dish" humorous 'getting older' birthday greeting card got a TBA at Zazzle!


There is also a shirt design!

And the Corrieweb 5 stars of excellence go to.....

Lisa Marie Robinson's design "I'm not fat..."



I love how she played with the text! You have a winner here, Lisa!

If you want to check out more of this very talented UK artist, have a look at her stores LisaMarieDesign, LisaMarieArt, BawlingBunny and SnapiKat.

Cows that jump and run

I still have cows on the brain!
This weekend I made a set of extreme sport (skydiving) cows. They will feature on 'good luck' and 'well done' greeting cards - available at our store at Zazzle and GCU.



Very nice to send to a friend or loved-one who is planning to do some parachuting this summer.

Another - not so extreme - sport is running. My 'new' cows stand on two legs instead of all four and that gives me much more freedom to let them do all kinds of fun stuff. Like skydiving or running.




On my 'to do list' are cow on a bicycle, cow in a bi-plane, ballet cow, ice-skating cow, bungee jumping cow, surfing cow....oh the list is just endless. Just stay tuned to this blog :-)