Christmas card with a window

Happy Friday morning friends.
It is a coolish rainy day here in my neck of the woods. We have really had some heavy rains over the past few days, with some sunshine, but heavy downpours and small hail that managed to knock all the flowers of my newly planted rosebushes and small annuals. At least the buds on the roses are in tact and hopefully in a week or so they will show off their lovely blooms. We were told that we were going into another 'El Nino' phase, but we have had a heck of a lot of rain the last month, so maybe El Nini is going to come later...I hope not.

Anyway on to my card...another Christmas card. This is the second card from the class last week and the ladies made such gorgeous ones, all using the same products.

 

 It is a centre step card with a window cut into the centre. I saw a card that was made by Sylvia recently, but couldn't find the link to it.

This is what I used:

Paper - red mirror board and patterned paper from Michele R Designs

Marianne Design dies - Door, candles and star banner.

Nellie Snellen - Holly branch
Printed picture - Nellie Snellen

Finished it off with glitter and Pontura pearl maker for the berries.

 

This is a side view, to show how the cutout window slips into the back of the card.
                                                                                                 I will enter  this in some challenges:
                                                                                                The Crafter's Café challenge #94...Christmas/Holiday season                                                                             Crafty Creations challenge #278...Something to die for    Creative Moments challenge #57...Anything goes/winter Inspiration Destination #11...Anything goes
Cuttin and Stampin challenge #3...Christmas

Cuttlebug Mania challenge...Anything Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas challenge Anything Christmas
Decosse's Dybanite Doodles..Christmas card linkup
 

I hope you all have a great day and with the weekend upon us....a wonderful weekend and stay warm where the cold weather has arrived.

Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula

Challenge #95 at Let's Craft and Create

Hello friends
My second posting today and I am a bit late. Over at Let's Craft and Create there is a new challenge. The theme this month is "Use ribbon or twine".

There are lovely cards made by the DT so please pay them a visit and we would love to see you join in with your creations using ribbon or twine, or both if you wish

This is what I made:

 

I coloured the dark pink card with Pan Pastel chalks.

I coloured my background with Pan pastels and used a peel off Happy birthday sticker as a mask



Then I used a Nellie Snellen lines and dots stencil LD008 and texture paste to create the design.
Added a ribbon bow and pearls to finish

Will enter the following challenges:
Inky Chicks challenge #34...Happy Birthday
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Cards in Envy...Happy Birthday
Crafting from the Heart #29...Anything goes
My Craft Creations...Anything goes
Perfectly Rustics challenge #28...Bow or ruffle
Divas by Design...Anything goes
Moo-Mania ...Texture
Crafty Catz challenge #241...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #67...Anything goes
Chalk N Stock...Use chalks
613 Avenue Create...Anything goes with a sentiment
Chalk-ah-lot Café #62...Anything goes with chalk
That Craft Place...Anything goes

I am done for today, hope to be back soon, but first some more boxes to pack. Take care,

Love Ursula

An interactive card

Hello blogging friends,
I have another card to share today that I made for a class last week. I saw this card on Beccy's blog for the first time and thanks to Jill for the link to this video where you can see how to make it. It is actually very easy.

 

 

Card Recipe

 

Paper - Pretty Papers Bloc - Don & Daisy from Marianne Design, inked the edges

Image - Snoesje from Marianne Design, coloured with Distress inkpads and cut out.

Sentiment - Nellie Snellen

Pearls, bow and button to finish.

 

For the opening I used a die from Nellie Snellens MFD dies and it worked very well.

It really comes together so easily.

 

Will enter it in the following challenges:

Crafty Girls challenge #23...Anything goes

Crafty Ribbons challenge #99...Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet challenge #90...Anything goes

The Crafter's Café challenge #73...Anything goes

Crafty Creations challenge #268...Just for Fun

Moo-Mania challenge ...Anything goes

 The Paper Shelter ...Anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafting challenge #187...Anything goes

Scrapper's Delights challenge #27...Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs ...Hand Coloured image

Fan-Tastic Tuesday #45...Anything goes

Party Time Tuesday challenge #182...Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door ...Anything goes

 Artistic Inspirations challenge #101...Anything goes

Scribble and Scrap challenge #23...Anything goes

That Craft Place ...Anything goes

Crafting from the Heart #28...Anything goes

 

As this is the last day of the week, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We have had some glorious days with lovely temps, but someone whispered that the weekend is going to be rather cool. Enjoy the weather wherever you are.

Thanks for popping in and take care.

 

Love Ursula

 

 



Add flowers to your colour challenge at The Outlawz

Good morning friends,
All my blogging friends in the Northern Hemisphere I know you are all eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring, but my goodness we didn't need to have autumn arrive just yet. The last 2 days has been non stop soft rain, no sun and rather cool temps and today has started in the same way. I hope this isn't going to be the last of our summer rains and I am sure we will still have some lovely late summer days, but the  mornings the last week or so have been very 'autumnish'...cool and crisp.

Today is another  colour challenge at The Outlawz.
 The lovely inspirational photo and colours were chosen by
 Roxann with the twist to add flowers.



We are also very lucky to have been given lovely images to work with by Ann from Anne's Digital Art Anne is also sponsoring the prize for the winners this month.

The DT have made beautiful cards for your inspiration, so we challenge you to come and join us. It is a great challenge this week...lovely colours and flowers...now what could be easier.

For my card I have used one of Ann's images - Old ladder with morning glory vine"

I used blue cardstock and the yellow paper I coloured myself. Stamped a flower stamp with Watermark stamp pad and the coloured it with Pan Pastels in 2 shades of yellow.
The image I coloured with Distress ink pads and cut out with a Nellie Snellen MFD, coloured the edges
Punched out flowers in yellow and blue with a pearl drop in the centre
Sentiment from Country crafts and also cut with the MFD mounted with 3D foam pads.

Will enter this in  some challenges.
Come and get it challenge...Flowers galore.
Challenges 4 Everybody #39...Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time#202...Anything goes
Pile it on challenge #9...Sweet/soft or bold/bright\
Card Mania challenge #41...Use a sentiment
That Craft Place...Anything goes
Hiding in my Craft Room #139...Spring colours
The Doodle Garden #1...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart challenge #8...Anything goes/use dies or punches
The Crafty Bloggers Network.. Nature
Digi Makeover challenge #130...Anything goes
Eureka Stamps challenge #79...Anything goes
Love to Scrap challenge #25...Back it up..make your own background
Make it Monday #181...Anything goes

Hoping for a warm sunny day today, but not according to our weatherman. Enjoy the day wherever you are.

Love Ursula

3D card in a box

Hi friends,
Been a bit busy this week and the reason is that I had the first of my monthly Saturday classes for the year this morning. I had kits to prepare for 12 students, making 2 cards each, so needless to say there was very little time for anything else this week.
We are also still busy packing up our craft studio, so every minute was well spent. I hope your week has been less hectic.

 I have seen a number of these cards on the internet and wanted to try it for the workshop. The ladies loved it. I don't have a link as I watched  a few videos and then  made my  own pattern.

I used  a number of Memory Box dies, Nellie Snellen, Marienne  Design and Joycraft dies..

I really love that this card fold up flat for posting.

 

I will enter the following challenges:

 

Pumpkin Spice challenge #60...Flowers

The ABC challenge...F is for Flowers

Just be creative crazy...Linky party..just because

Feeling Crafty Feb challenge...dies/punches

Sister Act Card challenge #45...Anything goes

The Stamping Boutique #5...Use a punch or diecut

Scribble and Scrap challenge #12...Anything goes

Quirky Crafts challenge #4...Pile it high, layer it up and 3D

Challenges 4 Everybody #38...Anything goes

Blogger's challenge ...Fancy folds

Flat Friends challenge...More than 1 fold.

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend. Here it will be a busy one. I have a number of DT cards to finish, so hope to be back in a few days.

Take care, Love, Ursula

A summery card

Happy Sunday to all my friends.
It is a lovely sunny day here, but a rather icy wind, so even though it looks so inviting out there, it is better to be inside crafting. That is exactly what I have been doing. Some DT work and cards for an upcoming workshop.
I would like to welcome my latest followers, so lovely to have you come by and visit and hope you will pop in often.
My card today is a sample for my next workshop. I did a class a few weeks ago and made a similar card, but with a fishing theme, so for this next one ...different people, I decided to go with a summery card. Hopefully soon we will be enjoying that sort of weather.

It is a 3D card and I used a number of Memory Box dies for all the elements.
The green hills were made by tearing Co-ordinations paper to show the second colour.
The little oranges on the tree were made with Nellie Snellen's Pontura paint.
I shaded the kitty with a gel pen.
A few beads, bling and I was done.

Will enter the following challenges:

Pink Gem challenge #93...Punch it out
My Time to Craft #231...Aperture
Totally Gorjuss challenge #197...Die cuts and punches
Crafts 4 Eternity #137...Summer sun
Creative Corner challenge...Anything goes
Inspire me Fridays#116...Anything goes
SweetPea Stampers...Tear it to pieces (Torn green hills)
Sister Act Card challenge #20...Anything goes
Kitty Bee designs #6...Birthday
Crafty Calendar challenge...Anything goes

I wish you all a wonderful week and take care.

Love Ursula

Another Mistri at DS4J

Good morning everybody. (Good eveing...We had a 16hr power outage..so this is only being posted Sunday evening..sorry about that)
I hope you are enjoying a good weekend. Sunday morning here, rather cool but at least sunny.
Today there are some great new releases at Digistamps4Joy. Remember there is a points reward system for each purchase, but before you go and do your shopping, have a look HERE at the gorgeous cards made by the DT

For my card I used the image..'Misti- I care'.

This is what I used:

Paper...Pretty Please - Spring Papers from My Mind's Eye
White cardstock embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder, and inked with Distress inks
Image coloured with Distress Inks and cut out with a Nellie Snellen MFD
Corner flourishes...Cuttlebug  die
Image...Country Crafts and Stamps
Pearls and bling.

Will enter some challenges:
Brown Sugar challenge...Anything goes
Creative fingers challenge ...Anything goes
.Inspire me Fridays #112...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge...Anything goes
In the Pink challenge #24...Pink and Pearly
Milk, Coffee challenge...Emboss it
Sweet Stamps challenge #126...Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #156...Anything goes
Lady Anne's challenge #10...Stamp challenge

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday, ready for a good week ahead. Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula.

Going Dutch...new releases at DS4J

Good morning friends,
Yesterday was Spring Day here in SA, and it was  lovely, sunny and quite hot...but today a drop in temperature, still sunny but a very cool nip in the air, but definitely still spring with all the blossoms, new green on the trees, the grass starting to turn green, a lovely time of year, and today also marks a special day as it is my DH birthday.

So on to my card for today featuring the new releases over at the Digistamps4Joy store. A feast for the eyes with all the cards made with some of the new images to be seen at Digistamps4Joy The image I was asked to use is '3 Dutch girls' . The image was drawn by Jen Lee, who is of Dutch origin and having Dutch connections myself, this was a good choice.One of my earliest recollections of a concert, in my second year at a Convent school, I did a dance in which I was a little Dutch boy, probably because I was one of the tallest in the class.. OK now back to the present...

 

The image was coloured with distress inks, cut out and mounted on a die cutout. The paper was a freebie from a card magazine.

The corner is a new Joy die, and I just love it. Added 3 ribbons layered and a fence from Marianne Designs with flowers using Nellie Snellen floral punches.

 

Will be entering some challenges with this:

My heart pieces digital stamp blog...Layers, layers, layers

Paper-crafting journey">...Anything goes

My Mum's Craft shop challenge...All the Threes...3 lots of 3 things, girls, flowers and ribbons

 

Have a great weekend enjoy the day, have fun,

Will see you soon.....Ursula



Happy Anniversary. at Digistamps4Joy

Happy Wednesday to my blogging friends.
Midweek and almost mid Winter/Summer depending on where you are..and the reaction will probably be Hurrah!!! or OH NO!!!. We have been having some cold days the last week, but still not the cold frosty nights..I am sure they will be here soon.

I would like to say a warm welcome to my new followers....thank you for joining my little family of friends and hope you do find some inspiration on your visits.

Today it is the turn of the B team at Digistamps4Joy to showcase the cards for our new challenge....The theme is ...Happy Anniversary/Vintage.

This is what I came up with

The paper came from a block of Joy Crafts...Blooming Rose

Image is Flower Heart and you can find it Here  I coloured it with a combination of Aquarelle pencils, Distress inks and Twinkling H20's, cut it out with a Nellie Snellen die then mounted on foam tape.

Sentiment is computer generated and cut with an X-cut label.

Finished off with lace, ribbon and pearls, for the vintage look.

The other memebers of the DT have made some really lovely cards for your inspiration, so go and have a look and then show us your creations. The prize is a whopping $10 worth of digis...now that's something to make your creative juices flow. We would of course love you to use a DS4J image, but you can enter even if you don't have one.....So now... what's stopping you???

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Designs #40..Flowers

Try it on Tuesday..Anything goes

Papertake Weekly..Bingo (Ribbon,free,blooms)

Tammy's Scrappin Corner..Ribbons or Blooms

Make it Monday..Creat,Share,Inspire

That's all from me today, friends. Hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy the rest of the week and take care. See you soon.....

An explosion of boxes

Good morning friends on this Saturday morning
Hi hope you are all enjoying a lovely start to the weekend, or being well into the weekend, or even just thinking of the weekend, depending on where you are in the world.
I also want to extend a warm welcome to the new followers and friends that I have made. So good to see you and hope you will be back often, and please let me know what you think of my creations, I always love to read what you say.
Well as the title of my post indicates, I have made a couple of exploding boxes...I did a workshop on these recently and I also got a pattern for one from Annettes Creafarm. There is a monthly challenge, where you request the pattern of the month, and then enter your creation.
This is my box, made from the pattern I received

I used cream and brown cardstock. On the lid I used a selection of Marianne Design dies for the flowers, leaves and also for the trim around the lid of the box. On the inside Nellie Snellen dies were used for the doilies. Some ribbon and pearls to finish off the small cake boxes

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For the next box I used a similar pattern, but this time I did something different on the inside. I cut small butterflies attached them to a strip of acetate and positioned these on the inside to resemble butterflies in flight.

Again I used a selection of Marianne Design dies, for the butterflies, the heart and tags. The flowers, some of the small butteflies and the cutout on the top of the lid were all Nellie Snellen dies.

Around the edge of the lid I used an X-cut edge punch to create a lovely edge. Finished off again with pearls, ribbon and some bling.

I really enjoyed making these and had great fun. Hope you will let me know what you think about them. I am going to see if I can enter any challenges with these.

Wishing you all a most enjoyable weekend...and tomorrow the start of a new month.. Watch out that you don't  get caught out with anything tomorrow.

Have fun and see you soon. Take care.

Trees, birds, butterflies..........

Good morning friends,
It is a beautiful Sunday morning here, and I hope you are having a fantastic day wherever in the world you are. Our weather is just gorgeous at the moment. Lovely crisp mornings, and then the days go up to about 25degC. Wish one could just stop the weather clock for a while...but winter is lurking out there, so we are enjoying these early autumn days.
My card today is a stairway card that I made in a workshop a couple of weeks ago. Love doing these as it gives me a different way of looking at... and using what I already have....thanks Jenny for your lovely ideas.

Plain cardstock was used and most of the diecuts...tree, birhouses, birds, fence are from Marianne Designs. The butterflies are Nellie Snellen, flowers a small hand punch and the flourish on the front is a Memory box die.

The sentiment on the front was given to me, so do not know whose it is, the inside is from a local supplier and was stamped onto an X-cut.diecut.

It is a very easy card to put together as long as the correct cuts are made for the staircase.

I am looking to enter this into a few challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards...fancy folds

Stamping for the Weekend...anything goes

Cute Card Thursday...anything goes

Paper Play challenges Spring colours

Craft your Passion challenge...Just sentiments

Get Hippity with Ippity..Things with wings

Hope you like it and will leave a comment which I would love to read.

Take care and see you soon

A new dress for Ms Spring

Good morning friends,
I hope you are all having a good week,  and as it is Wednesday today  it is time for a new challenge at  DS4J, and the theme...A new dress for Ms Spring, using the colour GREEN.

This is my creation for this week's challenge

I decided to make a step card, using paper that I bought while on holiday. It is from Studio Light in the Netherlands.
Image is Cindy from DS4J, coloured with Distress inpads and cut out with a Nellie Snellen MFD
The sentiment was also stamped and cut with the smaller die from the set.
The leaves, flourish and heart are cut using Marianne Design dies and I finished it all off with a bow, some roses and beads.
Considering I don't often  use a lot of green, I rather enjoyed making this card and it came together very easily.

I urge you to have a look at the cards made by my fellow teamies. They are awesome, then have a go yourself. You do not need to have a DS4J digi, but if you use one you get more chances in the draw.

I am entering this in a few challenges

Papertake Weekly...anything goes
Craft your Passion challenge ...anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons ...green and yellow
Aud Sentiments..Happy Birthday
Hope you have a wonderful week, and that if you are in the areas experiencing, floods, storms etc, you are all safe. Take care and see you all soon.

It has been a while

Happy Monday  to all my blogging friends,We came to the Netherlands 7 weeks ago and had hoped for a white Christmas, but that didn't happen..instead we had the warmest New Year in about 25 years....but we still hoped to see some snow and last Monday morning woke to a white world. The past week we experienced some really cold weather and in some parts of the country it was -22 the coldest in 27 years...here it was only -17..not too bad... LOL. We had more snow on Friday and since then it has stayed white and with the sun shining it is just beautiful to see....everyone was out skating and having fun on the ice and the temps have still been about -10 at night and -4 to 0 during the day. I guess we will still see the white countryside for a good deal of the week as more cold weather is forecast...as this is our last full week...we go back to SA on the 15th... we will certainly have more time for brisk walks out in the snow... Enough of the weather.. now on to my card for today.

I made this easel card as a sample for Diane's shop....Hobby Dee ..using her products.

Used a Marianne and cut a card with cream cardstock..... folded into an easel and inked the edes with vintage photo. Cut another large shape with cream onto that mounted a smaller shape cut from Vivi Gade  double sided design paper. Used a Nellie Snellen die for the smaller circle on the bottom and cut the hearts out of the DP. The back of one of the designs had all the hearts. Stamped a sentiment from a freebie that I got in a magazine.
The image is from a 3D sheet by Moorheads...very cute. Finished off with pearls made with liquid pearls.
That's all from me...I will be back soon with another challenge card I made...Till then take care.

Another post from far away

Happy Monday friends.
Yes I am still around, still on holiday... hence the long gaps inbetween my postings. The card this time is one I made for the birthday of a friend back in South Africa. It was also for a challenge on PCP ...Anything but cute...using blues...theme ..thinking of you.

Paper...Studio light...they have ranges in different colours of stripes, checks and dots.
Nellie Snellen die cuts for centre and sentiment from an unknown set.
I have inserted a tag,with a birthday greeting stamped. Pearls to finish, a very simple card

I have been busy with a few more cards inbetween having fun, so will get them posted here just as soon as I can.
Today is a special day in our holiday as it is our grandaughter Robyn's 12th birthday. This was one of the reasons for our holiday at this time of the year, as we had never celebrated her birthday here in The Netherlands. The previous time was when she was 2 and they came and visited in SA. So a special time for us and her. Last night we had dinner at The Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam, a favourite for her..and only visited for special occassions.
That's all for now, will try to be back soon. Wishing everyone a great week and take care.

WOW. What a day!!!

Hello friends, Hope you are having a great week. The weather is just glorious and I would just love to be outside more at the moment, but I have had a lot of preparation to do for classes, so hope the weekend will be equally glorious.
Today I did a class for 10 ladies at Country Crafts in Johannesburg and it was all so exciting as we had a very special guest. Non other than Marianne from Marianne's Designs in the Netherlands. I think many of you are using her dies already. She is such a lovely lady and it was an honour to have her sitting in on the class.

This is the card that we made, with a small variation in the class. I saw the picture on Jennie's blog and really liked it, so asked if she would mind me using it. I think the original came from one of the Stampartic design team, but couldn't find it there.

This is what I used for the card and the box:

Paper: Kaisercraft...English Rose collection

I used a selection of dies from Marianne Designs, Nellie Snellen and Joy crafts to cut the hearts, flourishes and flowers using scraps of shimmer paper and various bits and pieces.

Finished off with some seam binding on the front and a few pearls.

    When once I had worked out the idea it was actually easy to put together.

I also  made a box for it to go into. This is just a basic "pizza" style box, that is also so easy to put together.

Altogether the ladies loved it.                       

I am entering this in some challenges as well:

Anything goes..die cuts/punches or both

Top Tip Tuesday.... Use DP and handmade flowers

Hope you all have a good week, have fun and  enjoy what you are doing. Will be back soon.

Sewing birthday wishes

Happy Sunday,
Hope you are all having a lovely day, whatever you may be doing. The weekend is almost over, and getting ready for a new week. My Sunday was a little bit upside down. Was woken at 3.30 this morning by the security company telling us they detect now power from our alarm system........they were so right, we had no power and not for the next 12 hours. Of course I then battled to get back to sleep......anyway, there are lots of things that one cannot do without power.... but I was able to do a bit of tidying in my craft room and worked on samples for my class next week.

The card I have today was also made during a craft session 2 weeks ago. It is a centre step card, as the ladies requested this to be made. Here's what I used:
Paper:  The name on theDP  pack is Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and all the edges were inked with Vintage photo
The doily is a Nellie Snellen MF die., stamped with a sentiment from Country Crafts and rubber stamps.
The sewing machine, cotton reels and buttons are all cut from Bazzill card with Joy cutting dies. I wound some thin ribbon thread round the cotton reels. Finished off with lace and beads.
I am entering this in the following challenges:

Paper Play....Punches and Dies.
Cute card Thursday....Anything goes

Wishing you all a very exciting week. take care and have fun.

Framed flowers

Happy Saturday blogging friends,
Hope it is a lovely day wherever you are. Here it is lovely and sunny, fairly warm, but some colder weather forecast for tomorrow, so enjoying it while we can. Have just been to watch our granddaughter taking part in a dressage horseshow. The first time in a Regional team, competing against riders from all over the country. She did well, very nervous to start with, but we now wait for the results. It was a great experience for her.
So now on to my card. With spring hopefully, not too far away it was lovely to use a flower stamp. I will be entering it in the following challenges:

Anything goes..... Pick of the bunch
Polkadoodles.... In an English Country garden
Sentimental Sunday ... In the garden
Make my Monday ... Butteflies or dagonflies
Outlawz.... Tuesday colour.. lemon yellow, lime green, white.

This is what I used:
Paper.... Yellow cardstock, matted white which was put through the cuttlebug with a butterfly folder. Frame was also cut with a cuttlebug die, then embossed and then coloured with distress inkpads.
Image... from a local company Country crafts & rubber stamps was stamped onto watercolour paper, embossed with black EP, coloured with Aquarelles and Tombow markers. I think they are supposed to be cosmos flowers, but I have never seen yellow cosmos, so I turned them into daisies.
Butterflies punched with Nellie Snellen punch and smaller ones with a local punch.
Finished off with a sentiment from WOJ, stamped and punched, mounted onto ribbon with 2 flower brads.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and have fun

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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A Fairy Happy Birthday

Good evening friends, Here we are in the middle of another week, in fact over the middle I guess. This card was made for the birthday challenge atThe Outlawz. It called for a card with fairies, angels or butterflies. So here is my entry.

Paper - white cardstock. The DP is from a local stationr PNA, but has no name, just Scrapbooking Paper. I got these double sided papers on a special of R5.95. per sheet, which is under a $ dollar and very good value. Many colours to choose from, so I stocked up. I used a pink for the first matt, and then a green/yellow/pink, which I cut with a Nellie Snellen die and matted over the image.

Image is a digital, and the artist is a very talented South African lady, Jen Leefling from Durban.
I got it from Digistamps4Joy as a freebie.
I have wanted to colour her since I got her and now was my chance.. Used my distress ink pads and some ranger glitter, also Twinkling H20's.

Finished the card with two ribbons, some gems, a butterfly.
The sentiment was stamped and cut out with another Nellie Snellen die.

The inside was decorated with the same DP, and a white die cut again Nellie Snellen, for the message. Finished off with some flourishes in the pink DP. Enjoyed this card.
Hope to be back soon.