FMS#241

Hi everyone!!!


I made a card to link at the Freshly Made Sketches Blog!!!!  This is the sketch:

 and my take on it:

Sentiment stamp from Verve.
Roses and leaves from PTI.
Notebook edge die from MFT.
Embossed a scalloped circle on my card front.



Lovely having you pop in!!!!  Hope to see you again soon!!!

CTS#176

Hi everyone!!!!



Not much time left to link my card at the CAS(E) this Sketch Blog!!!!  This is the sketch:

and my take on it:

Image stamp from a local craft shop, Great Impressions.  Coloured with GraphIt markers.



So lovely to have you visiting!!!!  Hope to see you again, soon!!!!!
 

Muse#169

Hi everyone!!!


Just look at the sweet card Michele Ferguson has up at the Muse Challenge Blog!!!!  How could I not want to play along!!!!!

Michele's pocket full of hearts brought a song to my mind!!!  This is what I was inspired to make:

...catch a falling star and put it in your pocket....

...never let it fade away...

...catch a falling star and put it in your pocket....

.....save it for a rainy day....

This song comes from some time before I was around, but I know it as it is a favorite of my mom!!!

Done some sponging with DIs.

Stars cut with PTI and MFT dies.

So happy that I could work out a way to add stitching lines to my panels, using my MFT Notebook Edge Die!!!   

The die cut word was a gift from a friend!!!

Thanks so much for popping in - your visits and comments are always appreciated!!!

Have a wonderful Sunday!!!

CTS#175

Hi everyone!!!!


Spend some time last night making a card to link at the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge!!!!  The sketch for the week:

 and my take on it:

Swirl stamp from PTI - heat embossed.
The die cut word was a gift from a sweet friend!!!  Given it some shimmer with my WoS brush.



Thanks for the visit and hope to see you again, soon!!!!

FMS#239

Hi everyone!!!



Today I've spent a lot of time trying to work through my hundreds and hundreds of e-mails that came in during the last three weeks - have such a lot to do still, but slowly I will hopefully get through everything!!!!


This morning I took some time to make a card for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge!!!  This is the sketch:

 
and my take on it:

Leaves stamp and die and butterfly die from PTI.
Chevrons cut with a Tim Holtz die.
The sequins was a gift from my sweet friend Rosemary Dennis from 'Hey There ....rosigrl!'  Thanks again, friend!!!
Given the butterfly a tread nest to sit on and used some silver and grey glitter paper for some sparkle!!!!
Afrikaans sentiment saying: 'Congratulations'.



I've played a bit with Gimp adding text to my photo's and I also had some fun taking more photo's of my card:

I'm off to the kitchen to attend to the Chicken Pie I'm preparing for supper and I have to fit in a few rows of knitting tonight and work through some more e-mails!!!  Monday night is also Survivor night over here - will be watching the next episode of Blood vs Water!!!


Thanks so much for popping in and hope to see you again, soon!!!

#GDP038

Hi everyone!!!!


Haven't been around in Blogland for some time!!!  While in Cape Town last weekend for my niece's wedding, I went shopping at a wonderful yarn shop and I bought a lot of yarn and yes, I'm busy knitting, knitting, knitting ever spare moment!!!  The wedding was a feast and everyone really enjoyed it so much!!!!



This morning I've put the knitting aside and made a card to link at the Global Design Project sketch challenge.  The sketch: 

and my card:

Hand punched the little flowers.
Used my Tim Holtz lattice die.
Got some scorelines on the grey strip at the right.
Sentiment die cut word was a gift from a friend.  Added some shimmer with my WoS brush.
Patterned paper from FabScrabs.


I'll put the knitting aside to pop in at everyone during the week!!!


Thank you so much for visiting - hope to see you again soon!!!!

Happy birthday, friend!!!!

Hi, everyone!!!!



No card to share today, but I've got a birthday wish for a very special friend who would be known and loved by many of you!!!!  She is a wonderfully talented cardmaker and one of the best when it comes to working with vibrant colours and her style goes from very CAS to beautifully layered - she can do it all and her blog, All I do is stamp, is a feast to visit!!!!  She is part of many DT's and posts lots of cards!!!!  Yes, it's Vicki Dutcher who is having her birthday today!!!!!

I would like to share the following story illustrating just how sweet Vicki is:  when I wanted to place an order from PTI at the beginning of the year, I discovered that they don't ship to South Africa any more and I contacted Vicki to ask if I could have my order ship to her address and then she forward it to me - Vicki immediately said yes and offered to do the same thing again in future - isn't that not so kind of her!!!! 

So this is to congratulate my dear friend and to wish her a wonderful birthday!!!!  May the day be filled with all that makes you happy and may the year be a great one, my friend!!!!!  Birthday hugs coming all the way to you and apologies that your little something in the mail is going to be a few days late, Vicki!!!!  Thanks for being such a great pal!!!!  

 

I haven't been around in Blogland last week as I am busy with lots of sewing and crocheting for my niece who is getting married next Saturday!!!  This week is also going to be a busy one for me and on Friday we will be going to Cape Town for the wedding!!!!  So I would be visiting blogs and commenting again next week and I will share photo's of what I've made!!!!   


Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday and a great week!!!!