Back home with a card

Happy Saturday friends
Yes I am back home in SA after a very long, lovely holiday with the family in The Netherlands. Had lots of cold, snow, ice, skating (not me), crafting, fun with the children, good laughs, great time with Steven & Diane (son & DIL), even a"teaching" session at school. Our grandson who is doing English in school this year asked his teacher if we could come and give a lesson...so off we went and did an English lesson with group 7 at Twistvliet school..it was fun for everyone.
Now with my feet firmly placed on home soil it is time to get back to work....housework much needed...but crafting seems more inviting...so I guess a bit of both will do.
This card is one that I made while on holiday. I was lucky to be able to get the new Marianne dies as soon as they came out in January, so I used one of the flower baskets on this card.

White card, matted green cardstock and the DP from  a Marianne pad "Flower Power". Yellows and oranges are not my first choice of colours to use, but decided to go with them for this card.. I also cut out a cream shimmer piece with a Nellie Snellen die.
The basket and flowers were from a new Marianne die, finished it off with lace and an oval cutout for the sentiment mounted with brads. I tried my hand for the first time with Pearl Makers insted of pearls. Need to practise to get nice pearls, but it certainly works and I brought back some colours of these.
I haven't entered a challenge in months...so thought I would give it a bash this time...

All sorts challenge...Anything goes

Will be using these baskets quite a bit soon, as I just love the look of them and I have 3 different ones.
Well that's it from me....got to get back to doing some more cleaning???..crafting!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone..see you soon

Happy Sunday

Good morning to all my blogging friends.
Hope you are all enjoying a relaxing weekend. This is our last weekend of our holiday. Tomorrow is my DIL Diane's birthday which is the last of the celebrations of our holiday and on Wednesday we start our long flight back to South Africa. We had some more snow this morning and I think that will be the last of that for the moment...everything is still very white from last week's snowfall and freezing weather, but the ice is starting to melt. Must say the warm weather back home will be very welcoming.
This will also be my last card posted from The Netherlands.. I made it using the new Marianne Design stamp...Daisy knitting.

I made the card after seeing a similar fancy fold  one in a magazine..
I used local paper...from Studio Light
Image...Daisy knitting...Marianne design...coloured with aquarell pencils, cut with a Nellie Snellen die and a thin ribbon threaded through the holes.
A Martha Stewart edge punch was used for the borders and the flowers were cut with an Xcut daisy die and a felt flower and brad to finish them off.
Sentiment ...was a freebie in a magazine
That's it for now will catch up with you all when we are back in SA...take care

New colour challenge at Outlawz

Good afternoon friends,
Being Tuesday there is a newColour challenge"> at The outlawz. This week I was the lucky one to choose the colours to use, which I hope all will play with.



My card with all the details

Blue card with corners punched matted onto white cardstock. 
Stitched the leaves and stem..on white card and also punched corners. Cut  flowers and added a bling.
Handcut a small birdhouse....or butterfly house. distressed with vintage photo sewed on 3 small buttons
Butterflies were cut out with a Cherry Lyn die and brushed with glitter.
All this was placed over a round Nellie Snellen die cut with shimmer cream paper
3 pearls to finish it all.

I hope you will go and have a look at the challenge and see the lovely cards made by all the DT members...and then show us what you have made using these lovely colours.
Take care and hope to be back 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.

Two days in a row...Outlawz challenge

Hello there everyone.
Yes I did post yesterday...and today is the card for the Outlawz colour challenge. Firstly though I would like to welcome my new followers. It is really great that you have joined and I hope you wil continue to pop in and leave me acomment. In 3 weeks when I am back home, my postings will be much more often.
Now to the challenge. These were the lovely soft colours chosen by Sara this week.


Here is my card:

Paper...cream cardstock, matted rose velum from Papermania and Peach paper from CreaMotion
Cut and embossed corner with a new Marianne design die.
Used a 3D roses cutout from Nel van Veen
Finished off with lace and pearls

I would love you to hop on over and see the cards from the other DT members, and invite you to join in and show us what you can do with this week's challenge.

Today I also have a young grandson having a birthday back in South Africa. Dylan turns 5.
sadly our family does't live close enough for us to celelbrate with them all....but in 3 weeks we will be back home and we will have a celebration with him then.
Enjoy the rest of the week and take care...till next time.

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.

New Year's Wishes... not too late

Good morning friends,
I just realised that my last posting was last year...so I would like to wish all my followers and blogging friends best wishes for a wonderful year. May you all be blessed with peace, joy, happiness and good health in this coming year. I also look forward to being inspired by all the lovely creations that I see on all your blogs. As I am still on holiday for another 5 weeks, my contributions here will be a little sparse...I am doing some crafting with my DIL at her shop  HobbyDee in The Netherlands, also helping out and giving a hand where I can.

My card this week was my entry for the DT at   The outlawz...colour challenge These were the colours we were given to work with, and the twist was to use a feather...... which was the choice of Teresa, taken from a photo of her beautiful parrot. Do go and have a look at the fantastic cards from the DT members and please try and join in with your gorgeous projects.


This is the card I made, using a digi image from Kenny K designs

Paper, green bazzil cardstock matted onto white card. DP from CreaMotion...dots and stripes, matted onto the green and the corner turned over and fastened with a brad.
Image......         Kenny K designs..coloured with Aquarelle pencils and cut out then mounted on white with 3D foam pads.
Sentiment...happy birthday was a stamp and "yes,yes,yes" hand written.

My entry card did have an orange feather. I couldn't find a feather before I took this photo, and then my DIL found a bright orange feather, so retook the photo, but forgot to save it, and I have posted off the card already. It is for my grandson in South Africa....celebrating his 15th birthday.
Well that's it from me for this week. I do apologize for not commenting on many blogs. I do try and pop in, but don't spend too much time on the computer, as you can imagine.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend..the weather is cooling down here...we might see snow before we leave.
Take care and warm wishes from me in The Netherlands.