A card just for you

Happy Saturday everyone. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend, and I know for some it will be a long weekend. We are in for a little warmer weather, no cold wind today, so it should be quite pleasant as there is sunshine.
My card to day was made for a challenge in my Scorpal group. A centre step card. I enjoyed this and will use it more often. Really easy. I had this Maggie coloured, but don't know her name. She is just so lovely.

This is what I used.
Paper.... White cardstock. DP ...from Wilson & Macglagan, I bought at our local CNA, at a good price. A whole pack of 20 sheets with lovely co-ordinating colours.The bottom was punched with a border punch and some stickles on the little hearts. Used my scorpal for all the scoring of course.
Image... Magnolia coloured with distress inkpads, added some stickles to the hearts and frosted lace to her lace frill. Cut out with a Nelli Snellen MFD
Flourishes cut with a Marianne die
Flower punched with a Nellies floral punch and a small rose for the centre.
Image... Whiff of Joy cut with the Nellie die and mounted with a ribbon.
A little pink heart brad to finish off.
Wishing you all a very happy Penticost weekend.

Birthday Packet card

Hello blogging friends,Happy Tuesday. Hope you are all enjoying the week and having fun. I would like to send a message to my friends in New Zealand. Even if you are not in the quake area you are in my thoughts, as I know this affects the whole country and its people.
This is a card I made for a blogging friend, and as she has received it, I can now post it.
It was made from a packet...yes an ordinary brown paper packet. I first saw this card on Kim's blog and have made it in a children's class for Valentine and also with adults. Here's how I did it.
Fold the packet in half and decorate it....as simple as that. I used blue cardstock that I put through the cuttlebug with a Crafts Too folder with stars... to match the stars that Tilda is blowing. I am not sure of the name of this Maggie stamp, I am very bad and need to look them up... I stamped it onto watercolour paper and coloured her with Distress ink pads and Aquarelle pencils and cut it out with a Nellie Snellen die. Swiped the edges with a distress ink pad ..stormy skies. Mounted it on a strip of glitzy flowers. Added a flower punched with Nellie Snellen floral punches and added crystal glitter to the stars.
The inside was also finished off with a printed message cut with the NS dies and the back, which I forgot to photograph also has a blue cardstock run through the cuttlebug. Popped a small gift into the opening and it was done.
This is also lovely made with a bigger packet.
Hope you like it and I will be back later this week.
Warm wishes and have a great week

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Birthday card - something different

Happy Monday to you all. The beginning of a good week we hope Getting lots of crafting done and in my case, scratching many items of my to do list. I made a birthday card for my granddaughter in New Zealand, which is a littl different. I decided on one that can be hung up having seen something on the Whiff of Joy tutorials a while back. I must apologise for the photo. The weather wasn't good, and I had to get the card into the post to reach NZ on time.
Card: I used a double sided card but unfortunately had no name and not sure where I got it. I cut 3 sizes with a rectangle Nestie. I also cut out a few different shapes with Nesties and Nellie Snellen MFD.
Image was one of the Magnolias. I am not very good at remembering which ones they are. Coloured Tilda with distress ink pads and added glitter for the stars.
On the centre card I stamped a sentiment with Just Rite stamps, but am really sorry it has not come out well. (This is what happens when one is in a hurry)
On the bottom card I glued a 6 that I had cut with my cuttlebug and "glittered"
Also punched some flowers with punches and layered them adding some pearls here and there for a bit of bling.
All 3 were glued onto a ribbon with a small ring attached at the top. It was fun to make a different birthday card.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead.

Tilda in the News

Good Afternoon,
As some of you will know we here in South Africa are on the eve of the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament. Soccer fever is high here and I have taken the liberty of adding a bit of a soccer feel to today's challenge. I am entering this card in the Magnolia down under challenge which calls for "polka dots"

Paper: White card,onto which I matted a DP "icing sugar dots" from a local company Fabscraps. Then used a piece of green DP which has grass tufts on it. They are not that visible, but represent the soccer fields.

The image is Tilda with newspaper, and she is covering all the news at the moment. I have taken the liberty of colouring her in the colours of our national team "Bafana Bafana" green and gold. I used my distress inks for this.

Sentiment is from WOJ and lots to celebrate here at the present and for the next 5 weeks.
I used a brad with dots to resemble the soccer ball and some streamers. What would a celebration be without these. 3 dewdrops and a flower with glitter. A girl has to have some bling, even on the sports fields.

Hope you like my little bit of fun in support of our huge event here for the next 5 weeks. Where ever you may be if you have team here in SA we welcome them and wish them luck for this competition.

Tilda arrived too late

A happy Saturday to you all. I guess little Tilda should have pedalled faster, as she arrived too late for the challenge.At least her little bunch of flowers did not wilt.LOL! I of course forgot that the Magnolia down under challenge is in Australia and they are way ahead of us in their day, so I was too late. But here it is anyway. The theme was flowers.

Matted the downloaded DP paper from Bearly Mine designs onto white cardstock. Put a piece of marbled cardstock through the cuttlebug Roses folder, Layered the image onto lilac card cut with a scolloped nesty.

Image is Tilda with bike, the first of my new Magnolia stamps I bought from Paola recently and coloured it with my distress inks also a first. Still need lots of practise. The bunch of flowers I made with flower soft.

Sentiment is from WOJ new 1001 nights.
Finished off with 3 pearls and flowers with some glitter, because the wish is for a day that sparkles.
I enjoyed making it, and as this was my first challenge entry for down under, I will know to be well on time for the next one.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend relaxing. Will be watching my grandaughter in her horse show tomorrow.
See you all soon.