Memories of France

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When I saw this cutie from Aurora Wings, I immediately had a flash back to France in summertime when the fields were filled with dandelions. Unfortunately I never took a photo, so it will only be in my memories. I used papers from First Edition's Hide Away stack, that I thought compliment it a bit. The corner punch is from EK Success and the dies from Spellbinder.

Challenges I used as inspiration and wants to join are:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46 - Anything goes
Aurora Wings #5 - Sprite delight (she has a lovely sunflower sprite available a freebie)
IDIC #223 - Rectangular or square
Sweet Stampin challenge - Bingo time - Laca, ribbon & pearls
Totally Gorjuss #247 - Flowers
Sketch 'N Dies #12 - Sketch
Come and Get it challenge - It's all about dies

Thank you and have a fantastic day!
Hugs from Africa
Olga

Have some poppy thoughts

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Somewhere I got some inspiration. This is for a special friend whom loves red and black and it has been quite some time that I wanted to used this lovely paper from Bo Bunny's Serenade collection. What good way to use it with this lovely digi from Aurora Wings Elf Poppy. Corner punch from EK Success, Dies from Marianne's design and Spelbinder and the poppy is done with a die from Sizzix from Susan's garden collection.

Challenges I'm joining:
Divas by Design - Anything goes
Sketch "N Dies #11 - Sketch
Crafting by Design - August - Anything goes
Craft your Passion #224 - Flower power
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dies and punches (2ND ENTRY)
The Crazy Challenge #176 - Dies & Punches

Thank you for your visit
Hugs from Africa
Olga

Christmas in July

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This is July's image from the Digistamp4Joy Christmas progressive challenge. I used some of my old pre-cut cards for this window card. Just love this cute image from Margy. The image is coloured with Aquarelles and I used Sizzix die.

Challenges I used for inspiration:
Digistamp4Joy July progressive challenge
Christmas Card Challenge #35 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour challenge CC0722 - choose any 3 colours and make it Chrsitmas
Hiding in my Craft Room #159 - Christmas in July

Thank you and have a great day!
Hugs from Africa
Olga

Feeling blue....?

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What a time we had. After 13 years, we had the opportunity to visit our lovely continent, Africa, again. This time we explored new frontiers in Angola & Zambia. In 3 weeks we've done 9500 km of all kinds of roads. We experienced a lot good things, but the most of all, I realized how blessed I am to be where I am and with what I have. Here are some photo's.

 This Welwitchia is about 3000 years old

The Leba pass before Humpata

Boababs

The Victoria Fallas at Livingston, Zambia

The Victoria Falls from above at Livingston, Zambia ( Where the smoke that thunders are)

Now for my project:

My Magnolia  project in blue

Tuesday Morning Sketch #259

Hopefully I'm back in blogland, if my creativity can get a kick start. This time with one of my Magnolia stamps. Before digital images, these were my favourite collection. With only boys in my house, this is one of my all time favourites and then I can feel a bit blue too. We are celebrating 2 birthdays this week at the Bible study and what better way to celebrate it in blue. My paper is from Back to Basics IV from Dovecraft Collectrion. The outer die is the Adorning Square and the inner one is A2 Curved Matting Basics A, both from Spellbinder. The swirl is my favourite Marianne's design. The flowers are made with confetti and sequins.

Challenges I'm entering:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #259 - Sketch
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-Cuts/punches
Divas by Design - Favourite colour combo with Magnolias
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #45 - Anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty #187 - Anything goes

Thank you and have a great day!
Hugs from Africa
Olga

Just before I leave....

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This is a quick post before finally strapping by bags for an African adventure!!
Hopefully I can post some photos when I'm back, of Africa....my beloved continent!

This is Digistamp4Joy's progressive Christmas card for June. One of Margy's creations. I used a spellbinder die for outer circle and a Sizzix for inner blue circle, coulored the image with Aquarelles and used some wet embossing for the snow then covered the globe with acrylic paint gloss. Ribbons and snowflake glitter are from my stash.

Challenges I'm joining:
Digistamp4Joy Christmas progressive challenge June 2014
Try stampin on Tuesday #173 - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday #327 - Circles

Hope you enjoy yourself and have a splendid time in the sun!
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Miss Daisy blinged up

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Vellum done with Marianne's design diecut, square with Sizzix die, flowers with X-cut punch. heat embossing with glitter on flowers, 3D paint on bead string. Angel wire on background. Digi from Art by Miran called Miss Daisy.


Challenges I'm joining:
Art by Miran Facebook June contest - Bling
Art by Miran #7 - Anything goes
Creative moments #44 - Monochrome
Die Cuttin Divas #168 - Sketch
Chocolate Coffee, Cards #66 - Embossing
Dazzling Diva #28 - Vellum

Thank you and have a lovely evening!
Olga

Mystical purple

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I had some time to play over the weekend, thought I'll post it yesterday and then we had no power. This image (Fae 38, from Fitztown) has been on my table for almost a month now, and I wanted to do it in a purple-blue colour. With the few challenges last week, it started to get into a card. The Gauze paper is from DCWV and the designer paper is from The Back to Basics stack from Dovecrafts. For the corner embossing I used my Fiskar Shape boss.

Challenges I was inspired by:
Crafts4Eternity R#178 - Tic, Tac, Toe -Ribbon, Birthday # Die Cuts
Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 #192 - Sketch with the twist of purple
Cards Galore #6 - Anything goes
Robyn Fetish #214 - Anything goes
Dragonfly Dream Challenge #6 - Anything with wings
The Oultawz Tuesday Colour Challenge CC0527 - Magic Purple, Sparkle Blue & Sage Green

Thank you and have a wonderful day!
Olga