About Yvonne van de Grijp
I am Yvonne from The Netherlands. With my husband, Harrie, and English Cocker Spaniel, Noozy, we live in the south part of our beautiful little country, close to the forest.The simple promise to send a friend a handmade Christmas card is what led to my "papercraft addiction." I have been on the many manufacturing design teams from around the globe. Mainly a card maker, I also like mixed media and scrapbooking. My other hobbies include writing my blog, teaching workshops, doing charity work, cooking, speaking languages (I speak Dutch, English, German, Spanish and a little French), travelling, gardening, walking in the woods, reading books and watching movies with happy endings.
I have studied law (university) and business economics and travelled around quite a lot for work. I quit working to now take care of my family.
My blog is named after my first dog Phoebe. My blog motto is “Being Creative is a Way of Life Too!” I love sharing techniques, my knowledge and ideas with people to motivate them to "explore" their creativity too. Find me at PhoeBeez.
Vintage Butterfly Card
Hello everyone, Yvonne here with a Vintage Butterfly Card. I love vintage-styled cards with romantic colors. The soft salmon color and the bows give a feminine touch to this card. I would love to share how I made the card. Shall … Continue reading
Jeweled Friend Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a Jeweled Friend Card. Adding jewel stones to a card makes a card so much extra fun doesn’t it? Liquid glue often dissolves the backing foil of the jewel stones. Solving this problem is super … Continue reading
Foiled Bird Birthday Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a Foiled Bird Birthday card. The E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser is a great tool for making gorgeous foiled accents on your project. This technique is known as Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside. It … Continue reading
Simple Sunny Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a simple Sunny card. This card is very easy to make which makes this also suitable for beginner cardmakers! Just some simple layering using ready die-cuts and a technique called Wear Your Adhesive on the … Continue reading
Steampunk Gear Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a Steampunk Gear card. Gears and steampunk style go hand-in-hand so well! The gold elements on the card panel were added using a technique called Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside. The dimension is so … Continue reading
Dimensional Camera Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a dimensional camera card. This is a card that will make any special friend smile. And the great thing…it is super easy to make! On this card, I also used a technique called Wear Your … Continue reading
Elegant Photo Corner Notebook
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a new project using a small plain notebook and Creative Photo Corners to turn into an Elegant Photo Corner Notebook! Wouldn’t this be a lovely gift for a good friend? Try this project idea to … Continue reading
Starry Birthday Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a new CAS (Clean and Simple) Starry Birthday card. If you need a last-minute birthday card, this card is super easy and quick to make. To embellish the card I used a technique called Wear … Continue reading
Glittered Stars Love Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a CAS Glittered Love Card. The E-Z Runner Stars is such a great and easy way to add a fun accent to a card. This Glittered Love Card card is so easy to make that … Continue reading
Missing You Butterfly Card
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with a Butterfly card. With Adhesive Dots, it’s super easy to adhere small items onto your card, such as tiny butterflies. This card is super easy to make so also suitable for beginner cardmakers. Wanna join … Continue reading