A basket of flowers

Happy Friday friends,
Just a quick post to share a card I made for a 90th birthday. Last Sunday we were invited to a beautiful tea party to celebrate the birthday of a very gracious lady. It was a lovely afternoon with all her family and a few selected friends, so we felt very honoured. This is the card I made for her.

Cut the front out with a die, and inked the edges with walnut stain. The basket is a Marianne Design die, also coloure with wlnut stain. Flowers were a mixture of Olba punches, and small hand punches, with bling or pearl centres. The corner scroll is a Cuttlebug die and finished off with pearls. The inside I used paper from a Marianne vintage pad.

I have to dash out, but will be back later to enter this in a challenge or two..I have found the following challenges to enter:



Delightful sketches challenge...Anything goes

Unstampabelles challenge #14...Paper flowers

Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge #219...A square card

Party Time Tuesdays #81..Garden Delights

Tammy's Scrapin Corner#23..Add some flowers

Have a wonderful Friday and enjoy the weekend. Take care and see you soon.



Digistamps4Joy challenge...midway remider

Happy Wednesday everyone..
Today we are midway in the Digistamps4Joy challenge "Portrait of a Woman"...In South Africa we celebrated National Women's Day, so we are challenging you to make a papercraft creation that can be quirky,fun, frilly, elegant sophisticated, etc.  IT MUST SHOW HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL A WOMAN IS,  at whatever age.  No witches, vampires, fairies etc.

Here is the card I made:

 

The DP was from Kaisercraft.

I used 2 images from DS4J, On the front ...lace fan..I printed it onto a rose patterned vellum.

 Inside I used..Candle ballerina, coloured her with Distress inks and Twinkling H20's. I cut it out  with an X-cut nesting die and layered it over 2 doilies cut with a Marianne design die.

The message was computer generated and finished off with pearls, flowers and ribbon.

Going to enter the following challenges:

Inspire me Fridays...Anything goes
The Poodles Parlour..Let's see diecuts
Simply Create Too #19...Anything goes
Ribbon Girls Image...Bingo..ribbon,pearls, image
One Stitch at a time challenge #126">...Anything goes
Crafty Catz Weekly challenge #145..Anything goes

Hope you all have a wonderful week and take care. See you back here soon.

Tuesday colour......check The Outlawz

Good afternoon friends,
I know it is a little late in the day, but I was out early and busy last night...so here I am with my  card for this week's Colour Challenge

The gorgeous colour palette and inspirational photo was chosen by the talented Laurian, and she chose to have flowers included for the twist.









Our sponsor this month is The Stamping Boutique.

For my card I used:  
DP is from Daisy Dandelion...Picnic Patch
The image "Little girl - once upon a time" from The Stamping Boutique. I coloured it with Distress inks, added some liquid pearls in places. Cut it out with an X-cut die and layered it over a pink cutout with the same die.
The leaves are also a Marianne Design die and the flowers were a mixture of punches with some bling centres, and some pearls to finish.
I left off the sentiment as I wasn't sure for what ocassion I would be using it.

I think I will go and look for some challenges to enter:
Craft your Passion challenge #123...Gone Buggy..Have a bug in your image
Critter sketch challenge #128">...Use a digi
Make it Monday...Anything goes
Paper Pretties challenge...Anything goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner...Add some flowers
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge...Anything goes

Hope you all have a wonderful week and thanks for popping by, love to have you visit. See you soon and take care.

Tuesday colour at The Outlaws

Good morning everyone,
Today is Thursday a holiday in South Africa...National Women's day. Good wishes to women all over the world.  I had this post all ready on Tuesday afternoon and was about to publish when our power went off. It finally came back on last night 26hrs. later....so it is a bit late.

Good afternoon friends,
First Colour challenge for August at The Outlawz and during this month our challenges with a twist are called "Awfully Hot" August challenges......well today here all over South Africa it is awfully COLD. We are having snow in almost all our provinces even here in the Johannesburg area, that very seldom sees snow...OK we didn't have much, but not far from us they were able to play and make some snow balls but our max. temp. outside my backdoor was 4deg...now I think that's cold.. I guess in a few days it will earm up and then our thoughts will turn to the coming spring.

About the challenge. This week Roxann chose the colour pallette and inspirational photo.....with the twist to add beads.




Our sponsor for this month is the Stamping Boutique
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 and the prize will be the digital images that our DT are using during the month.

Now onto my card

My background is an embossing folder, run through the Cuttlebug. I coloured it with Distress inks.

The bicycle is a Marianne Design die, and I added some 3D flowers to the basket.

The sentiment is a local one, cut with an X-cut die.

The beads for my twist are all the centres of the flowers.

I hope you will pop over to have a look at the corgeous cards made by the DT members and look forward to seeing what you come up with.

I am entering the following challenges.
Dream Valley challenge #38...Die cuts and punches
Nutcrafters challenge #24...Embossed backgrounds
Deep Ocean challenge #31...Anything goes
Unstampabelles #14...Paper flowers
Whoopsi Daisy challenge..Punches or Dies
Craft a scene challenge..Anything in the great outdoors
No Matter which challenge #1..Anything goes
Come and get it challenge..Adult birthday

That's all from me today...take care and keep warm if you are in the cold..see you soon



New releases at Digistamps4Joy

Good morning friends,
Hope you are all lhaving a wonderful weekend, and for those watching the Olympics..it has been an exhausting week and now all the athletics is coming on.  Team SA has been successful with 3 golds and a silver, so hope they can add to that.

Today is new release day over at  Digistams4Joy,and there are some really lovely ones again. Also some great cards made for your inspiration, so go on over and have a look, for more details you need to visit the Team members blogs.
Hare is the card I made with the Jen's fuchsias.

I coloured them with Distress Inks, and used some papers from my stash box. Pearls to finish and a sentiment from Whiff of Joy. Not too much fuss.
Entering the following challenges:
Catch the Bug challenge...Anything goes
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days challenge..Go floral
Simply Create Too #19...Anything goes
Divas by Design #46...Flowers

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a great week. Take care, but have some fun.

Freebie day at DS4J

Happy Friday morning friends,
Yess!! it is Friday and the first one of the month, so...Freebie day at Digistamps4Joy. This is what is up for grabs for the next 24hrs.

 You don't want to miss this very useful image. Some of the DT have made gorgeous cards for your inspiration, so go on over and grab it NOW...

I hope to be back soon with another card, but have lots to do and some Olympics to watch. Our Team South Africa have been awesome and we now have 3 gold medals,

Have a great day and take care

DS4J spots and stripes challenge..midway reminder

Happy Wednesday friends,
Today I am showing my card made for the DS4J challenge #47..polka dots and stripes You still have a week to enter, so go and have a look at the fantastic cards made by my teamies for your inspiration. Lovely prizes to be won, even if you don't have a DS4J image. So look forward to seeing what you have to show.

I decided to use the image "hot Cactus" in sympathy with some of my friends in other parts of the world. I have been reading about some of the temps. you have been having and thought this might just be how you are feeling...LOL

The papers I used are from a mini pad of Cosmo Cricket..garden variety
The image I coloured with watercolour pencils and Twinkling H20's.
Added a wooden Sun embellishment and buttons.
The Sentiment is computer generated printed on a tag and attached with a polka dot ribbon.

I am entering the following challenges:

Twisted Tuesday challenge..Anything goes
Try it on Tuesday..Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday #79..Anything goes
Creative Craft challenges..Summertime

Thanks for visiting, have a great week and take care