Summer card camp

Hello my friends.
Here we are in the middle of the week where has the beginning of it gone???
I have enroled in "Summer Card Camp 2011" so I will be rather busy for the next 4 weeks.

Each day we get a tutorial, video or some other information to make our cards for the week. Seems like a lot of fun.

This is the first card that I have made using the colours shown.

Paper: White cardstock, DP Wilson & Maclagan


Image: Crafty Individuals... I coloured it with distress inks and cut out with a Nestability die.

I cut and embossed 3 butterflies using a Joycrafts die, in 3 different colours. and mounted these onto the butterflies on the image.

Finished off with 3 pearls, ribbon and a Hero Arts sentiment, also cut out with a

The colours unfortunately do not come out that well. I have used the colours specified, but will be sure to take the photo in the morning as the light is not too great in the afternoon.

I have lost a bit of time yesterday due to business but need to go and watch the videa and get on with doing the next card. Hopefully will get that posted tomorrow.

Christmas already????

Happy Monday everyone. NO still 6 months to Christmas, (thank goodness) but I have committed to make several cards for a member of our RSA group, who is doing a cummunity project, so best I get them done now.
I am entering this into the following challenges
CHNC challenge Anything goes
Christmas cards all year round anything goes
The Outawz .. Tuesday colour challenge... Green, red, blue with symetrical shapes

Paper... white cardstock. DP was all pieces from last year.. names are unknown.
Cut 3 trees with cuttlebug and embossed, added a bit of glitter and bling.
Sentiment ... a peel off that I coloured with my peeloff pens.
A very quick card to make and have a few more ready.
Have a wonderful week everyone.

New award

Good morning friends, and a happy Saturday to you all. It is again a freezing cold day here in South Africa and will be for the rest of the weekend, so definitely crafting weather.
I received this lovely award from one of my blogging friends Wendy
Thank you so much for this I do appreciate it. I need to pass this on to 8 other bloggers, but I would like to pass it onto all my blogging friends, as I wouldn't know which ones to choose. I so much enjoy visiting you and receiving comments from you all. Please feel free to take this award with my best wishes.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend and I will be back soon with a card.

Another step card.

Hello everyone, here we are at Wednesday already. My card today is another centre step card. I do like this fold very much. I have made it with a few challenges in mind.
Papertake Weekly...Here comes the sun..(Then it's time for gardening) LOL
My Scorpal group... Centre step card ...June challenge
Outlawz .. Monday greetings... At least 3 squares plus sentiment.
PCP... Anything goes..summer challenge

Here is what I used.
Paper white cardstock, centre panel and sides...matted DP. no name - I received a pad of cordinating colours from my DIL in the Netherlands.
Bottom section..yellow cardstock punched with Martha Stewart punch ...leaves
Image.. It is a stamp from a local supplier ..Great Impressions and it is a square made up of the smaller squares. Ccut out 3 and coloured them then mounted onto coloured cardstock and cut with decor scissors.
Sentiment.. WOJ stamped onto white card and mounted on the yellow .
Finished off with a punched flower with pearl centre and heart with a small brad.
I also decorated the inside with some DP and a white Nestie cutout for the message.
Have a great week everyone. We are having a lovely sunny winters day with warm temp of 18deg C, but more cold arriving on Friday in time for the weekend.

Coffee with a friend

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a good weekend and ready for another full week. My card today was an entry for a colour challenge at the Outlawz last week. We had to use dark brown, dirty cream and a touch of silver. This was my submission.

Paper.....brown cardsock, DP from
Paper Explosion....True memories, coffee dots.
Image... I picked this up at a sale in the Netherlands a few years back, and it has no name on it. The sentiment comes from the same range. Coloured the cup, and used Glossy Accents on it. Cut it out with a Nellie Snellen MFD.
The corners were cut with a Cuttlebug die, ribbon from my stash and the touch of silver was a small spoon charm.
Hope you all have a wonderful week, and will try and get back soon.

Something for the chefs

Happy Saturday everyone. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend whatever you may be doing. My card today, was with Father's day in mind, but I really needed a card for a birthday, so decided on this one. My BIL does enjoying having a BBQ, or as South Africans will know it as a good old "braai". Last year we had a swap with some of our local card group and this was one of the cards that was made.
Paper: brown cardstock, matted with DP from a pad of Kaisercraft "Le Chateau" The pocket in the front was again the brown card and some more of the same range of DP.
I stiched all round with my sewing machine...no thread and the glove and utensil were just cut out of scraps of paper. The inside is finished with a small envelope for a gift card.
Sentiment is from a local company... Country crafts and stamps
That's it from me,
Have a wonderful weekend.

Candy

You need to head on over to La Janette's blog to see this lovely candy. Looks really special, so don't drag your feet.
I will be back tomorrow. Warm wishes