Friday 21 December 2012

Merry & Bright



Good Day

I have been very quiet late due to the fact that we were away for our summer holidays. We just came back and I thought I'll give you a bit of how we celebrate Christmas in South Africa. In a sense it is totally different from the Northern Hemisphere, since we have temperatures between 28°C & 40°C. Here, Christmas is in the middle of our summer school holidays and most people are on holidays, with friends and family and many of them next to our beautiful coast. They do celebrate it, like this little penguin from Digi Darla on the beach. The papers are from my stash and I used a Cuttlebug emboss folder and Spellbinder diecuts.

Challenges I joining:
The Outlawz Colour Challenge 18 December with twist of wings
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #185 - Sketch
Digi Darla's #42 - Holiday cheer with embossing

Thank you and wish you all a very blessed festive season and may love and laughter fill your days and may you make that unexpected call to an all forgotten one to spread some love!

Thank you for your presence in life!
Hugs
Olga


11 comments:

Sally Dube said...

Love your card Olga!! I love all things blue and yellow!! Really cute image and I love your flower embellishments!!
So glad you played along with us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!
Blessings to you!!
Sally SSW-DT

Heide said...

Such a fun card, love the color combo and adorable image. Happy you could join us at SSW.
Hugs, Heide SSW-DT

mulberry station said...

Olga, I love this adorable card. and how you matched your flowers from the little bag with your flowers down the side. So cute. I love the color combo to. Beautifully done!! Thanks for joining us.
Nancy SSW-DT

Scrappin Mama said...

Beautiful card Love the image and embossing!! Thanks for joining us at Digi Darla's Challenge this week!! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
LisaO

Cat's sCrap said...

Adorable card and beautiful colours. Congratulations !

I wish you a Merry Christmas and new Year holidays !

Hugs from France.
Catherine.

Jacqueline Smith said...

What a fabulous card, love all the details! Thanks for playing with us at Digi Darla's!

Mynn xx said...

This is oh so cute! LOVE that darling image and the coloring is beautiful! Please come play along with us at Technique Tuesday for our Faux Tile Challenge this month--we'd love to see your creation! Happy holidays!!! :)

Kathie said...

Hi Olga, your card is so pretty, I feel like sitting on the beach right now as it's so how here in New Zealand for this time of year. Love your pretty colours and great embellishments. Great card and thanks so much for sharing your card with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck and here's wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a great New Year.
Hugs
Kathie SSW-DT

Linda Anderson said...

Way too cute!!! Love your image and those wonderful colors. I also like your fun shapes down the side...too clever. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Linda

Crafting Vicky said...

Wow must be really different from our snow filled holidays. Just love your take on this sketch with this awesome stamp and embossing.

Thanks for joining us as Digi Darla’s Challenge this week. Hope to see you again next week. DT Crafting Vicky

Sharon Basel said...

What a fun card! I love that cute penguin and your punched flower embellishments are just perfect with it. So glad you could join us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
Sharon, SSW-DT