I'll be your Xmas baby tonight

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We are currently experiencing a lot of electricity problem that frustrates me. So hopefully I'll have long enough power to do my blogposts.

This is Chrismas Pin Up Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs and is this month's progressive freebie. The twist though is white on white with a touch of a non traditional colour. My hubby loves red and orange. From there my choice and sentiment. Something kinky. I used different texture white papers and emboss folder from Cuttlebug with a touch of glitter to give it a Christmas feeling.

Challenges I was inspired by and entering:
Charisma Cardz #46 - Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks #170 - Christmas
Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #234 - Sketch
Sassy Studio Design Progressive Challenge #6 - Nov15- Dec 14
Addicted to stamps #73 - Holidays
Sweet Stampin Christmas - White on White
Crafting by Designs - Christmas/Winter
Penny's Paper-Crafty #155 - Frame it
Crafts 4 Eternity R#152 - Non Traditional Christmas

Thank you and have a fantastic day.
Olga

Another wedding card

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When I saw these colour at the Outlawz it just fitted my idea for a wedding card. I also wanted to do something totally different so I found this tutorial over at Beccy's Place for a double diamond fold card. So the whole weekend I was playing with ideas. The sentiment is from Digistamp4Joy and I just added the surname and the digi on the right is from Beccy's place. The twist at the Outlawz is to add burlap or twine and I've found this piece in my stash. In the end I love the outcome of the mixed textures.

Challenges I'm joining:
The Paper Players #173 - Fancy Fold
Come and Get it - Anything goes with optional twist of digital image (& sentiment)
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge CC1119

Thank yo and have a great day.
Olga

Glitter 'n Sparkle #60 Add some snow

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It is Glitter 'n Sparkle time and this time we invite you to make projects with snow on. For me in the Southern Hemisphere it is not quite the season for it, since it is round about 28°-30° Celsius.
This sweet Granny on her skis are from Inky Impressions. I played a bit with non traditional colours. My DP is from Special Delivery from Helz Cuppleditch. I recycled some of the snow flakes from my border punched with a Fiskar punch. Used some glitter on the rest of the snow with a french peel off for my Christmas wish.

Challenges I'm joining.
The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge SC112013
Crafts4Eternity R#151 - Glitter 'n Sparkle
CCEE Stampers CCEE1347 - Embossing & Glitter
Creative Knokouts #12 - Snowflakes
Beccy's Place - A Month of Holiday Cards
Happy Campers #24 - Glitter it
Paper Crafting Journey - Bling it up
Ruby's Rainbow #67 - Pink and Blue

Come and join us at Glitter 'n Sparkle with your snow projects.
Thank you and have a great day.
Olga

Glitter 'n Sparkle #59 Tags

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Slowly I'm starting with my preparations for Christmas. With this week's challenge at Glitter 'n Sparkle to use or make tags I've decided to used this Bugaboo tag image to make some placement tags for my Christmas table. I've change the colour to a copper and added our names and printed it on a cream. Then I used some heat embossing on the edge and some gold glitter, added some twine as finishing touch.

Hope you'll come and join the Glitter 'n Sparkle team, with your creative ideas with tags.

Challenges I'm joining:
Happy Campers Craft #24 - Glitter it
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing
Crafting By Design - Anything goes with a twist of Christmas
Sassy Studio Design #203 - Not your typical Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Use Tags

Thank you and have a great day!
Olga

Sweetness

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My digi is Rory Sweet Urchin from Lacy Sunshine. My DP is from Graphic 45's secret garden. Just her. I added some glitter on her hat and scarf with rhinestones on the flowers.

Challenges I'm Joining:
Creative Knockouts #11 - Make it Sparkle
Lacy Sunshine #21 - It's a bling thing
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour  12 Nov CC1112- Make it your own with purple + 2 colours and own twist. - Purple, white & green with glitter/sparkle
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #232 - Sketch
A Little bit Crafty - Sparkle & Shine
Happy Campers #24 - Glitter it
Hanna and Friends #184 - Glitter

Thank you and have a great day!
Olga

You are so cool

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I had some mojo this past few days, so I did some catching up on my progressive challenges. This cute penguin and sentiment are progressive freebies from Sonia at SK digis. I was just inspired by the snow theme and use a emboss folder and some DP from Special Delivery by Helz Cuppleditch.

My Tip: When I saw Annette's tip I thought I can just add on to it. I normally use Microsoft Powerpoint to play with my digis. After selecting your image, you go to your top bar and choose format. Then you can choose your re-colour option and you can change your digi's colour to any other colour of choice. By choosing a light grey, you can make colouring more real.
The other option after selecting your image, is by turning it to the other side.... so it can look into the direction you want it to, without changing your sketch.

Challenges I'm joining:
SKdigis November Progressive Challenge
Top Tip Tuesday #114 - Borrowed Sketch
Cards und More - Baby, It's cold outlside
Divas by Design - Something Snowy
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #153 - Add a Sentiment

Thank you for you visit and comment. I do appreciate.
Olga

Glitter 'n Sparkle # 58 Autumn Colours

Digi from The Stamping Chef

Digi from Sandi Samples called Madison

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It is Sunday and time for another challenge at Glitter 'n Sparkle. This time we are asking you to play with autumn colours. Very easy when you stay in the northern hemisphere, but I believe the first snow has already fallen, so some of you are already in a more blue, white and red mood. Here, we are experiencing summer. Just love it and our holiday is not that far away.
For today's card I was given Bite Me from The Stamping Chef. Great image except for the skulls, that I have disguised under my pearls. I am not fond of skulls. I've coloured the image with Aquarelles and some chalk for distressing. I first made a negative die from my Spellbinder beaded oval, in my card and the I used plain card stock for the frame which I had put into the negative die's place. Used some swirls from Marianne's design and used some more pearls for the flowerbuds to compliment my paper. Paper from Colorbök's Slpendour paper pack.

Challenges I'm joining:
Crazy 4 Challenges #C4C211 - Let's frame it!
Tuesday Morning Sketches #223 - Sketch
Stampin' for the Weekend - Autumn/fall colours
Crafting for all seasons #64 - Autmn/fall colours
Crafty Creations#247 - Autumn colours
Timeless Tuesday Flourish #245 - Negative energy


Thank you and please come and join us at Glitter 'n Sparkle.
Have a super day!
Olga

Ain't this adorable

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I hope I can get this posted, since we had a very big storm last week that hurt the telephone lines, so our internet is very slow and I still don't have a land line. I've printed this image last week and just didn't had time to finish it of before the deadline for a challenge. On Sunday I've finished it. The image is from Margy at Digistamp4Joy. Rhino's are currently an animal that will soon be extinct, because of the poachers killing them. Just in this year we had almost 700 killed....that gives you more than 2 a day. It is a very sad story, since the people, mainly in the East, buying it, think it is a sex stimulant, but it is the same substance than finger nails. I probably only sounds better to say we are drinking rhino horn than drinking nails.

Now, to my project. My animal print DP is from Safari Chic stack and normal to take 3 DP is a challenge by I had found this nice orange striped and texture carton in my stash and it complimented the image. Sentiment is from Desert Diva. I got these cute animal print buttons from Match up, but I had cut of the back loops to make it fit on the card.

Challenges I'm joining:
Digistamp4Joy #79 -3 x DP and 3 layers
365 Cards Day 303 - Starts with a R
C....for Challenge #9 - Buttons
Pile it on #44 - Animals with character
Digi Sketch Challenge: All for the animals (I've only taken the theme)
C.R.A.F.T Challenge #231 - For the boys
Crafts 4 Eternity R#148 - Sketch

Thank you and have a great day!
Olga

I was just looking

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It is Sunday and it is also time for a new challenge at Glitter 'n Sparkle. This time you need to add leaves. Luckily it is a more open theme for everybody since it can be fresh crisp spring leaves or more rusty autumn leaves. My Dp is from Colorbök's splendour paper pack. I used a Marianne's design leave die and some Spellbinder dies with some quilled flowers. I've got Gusty Oak flower pot to play with from Lacy Sunshine, one of the sponsors for this week's challenge. I had to admit I was super excited when I got this cutie, but then I struggled with the papers. In the end it came out not to shabby.
It is also with a sadness I took note that one of my favourite sketch challenge blogs will be closing at the end of the year. It was fun to play with a Die for a Sketch these past 2 years and I wish them all the best in their new pastures.

Challenges I'll be joining: 
a Die for a Sketch #17 - Sketch
Divas by Design - Use some orange
Seize the Birthday - Birthday
Lacy Sunshine Challenge #20 - Anything goes
There she Goes TSG231 - Leaves

See you over at the Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenge to join in the fun.
Have a super day.
Olga