Wednesday 26 September 2018

Autumn Colours



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It is Wednesday and it is time for another challenge at Creative Moments. With fall in the Northern Hemisphere it can only mean we have to play with fall colours. I was privilege to be sponsored by Digistamp4Joy and got this Aloe image. I duplicate it and coloured it with my Prisma Pencils. The designer paper is from BoBunny's Dreams of autumn collection. Is is the first time I have used the windmill die cut from Creative Talents. All the other papers are bits and piece.
This is a common scene in South Africa, since it is not a very water rich country. And aloe can be planted in the gardens or they just grow wild in nature. 

Challenges I'm joining:
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Autumn colours
Cheerful Sketches - September (2nd entry)
Digistamp4Joy - Spetember flower frenzy
The Male Room #95 - The great outdoors
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday - In the Garden
Crafty Friends #93 - Autumn Colours

Hope to see you in all the splendor of autumn at Creative Moments.
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Sunday 23 September 2018

Kick up heels



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I'm trying to catch up with a few girly cards. I used heels from Bugaboo. The papers ares from All About Girls stack from DCWV. I used a few different spellbinder dies and a corner punch and a fiskar border punch.

Challenges I took my inspiration from:
Stella says Sketch #615
Sweet Stampin: Dies/punches
Southern girls - Spots and dots
Crafting with Dragonflies #113 - Anything goes
Double D: If the shoe fits (2nd entry)
Creative knockouts#264 - 2 or more designer paper

Have a lovely day!
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Friday 21 September 2018

Irish wedding blessing



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This cardstock have been on my table quite awhile now. I have started the project with the border cut, but had a mind change. Finally I could finish it. This time with an Irish blessing, that I got from the internet. I used some swab that I have coloured with some distress ink and finished it of with some embellishments from my stash.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #471
The Paper Shelter #354 - Sentimental
Lemon Shortbread #76 - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #410 - Texture

Thank you and have a lovely day!
Hugs From Africa!
Olga

Girls stuff




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A bit more of a feminine card. I played with another Bugaboo image called heels and accessories. Paper is from Scruffy Little cat pad from Crafter's companion. Coloured the image with my Prisma pencils and added some embellishments from my stash.

Challenges I'm joining: 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 #145
Cute Card Thursday #548 - Monochrome
A Gem of a Challenge #227 - Girls
Double D: If the shoe fit (1st entry)
Incy Wincy 18-29 September - Sweet and Sassy

Thank you and have a lovely weekend
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Wedding card



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I played with a few challenges for another wedding card. Here in South Africa it is the beginning of the wedding season, since spring has arrived. This time I have played with a Bugaboo image called Congratulations. I used odds and ends from my stash and a sentiment from Digistamp4Joy.

Challenges I'm joining: 
Penny's Paper-Crafty #398 - Anything goes
Catch the Bug September Bingo - Sentiment, Sparkle & Image

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

Wednesday 19 September 2018

Autumn Wedding Card




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I do love challenges, especially when it gives you some interesting creations. I have a request for a few wedding cards. This is the first. Though it is spring with us, blogland celebrate autumn in full colour. In the end I made a wedding card in autumn colours. Paper is from BoBunny's dream of autumn. Ribbon & flowers from my stash. First time ever I used the Fiskar stamp from the wedding collection.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Crafty Cardmakers #218 - Autumn Colours
Feeling Sketchy #201
Crafty Catz #429 - Pearls
Moving along with times #80 - Ribbon
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 13-19 Sept - Pearls
The Outlawz Colour Challenge 18 Sept - Autumn Colours
The Outlawz Festive Fridays - Wedding card.

Hope you have a wonderful day.
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Tag along with Creative Moments





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Can not believe three weeks have gone bye since our last challenge at Creative Moments. We had some fabulous entries. This time we were challenged to make some tags. We have some lovely sponsors again. I had the privileged to have an images from Rick St Denis and its called Queen of hearts hat. She needed to be red with the hearts and I had some scrapbook paper for quite a while that was screaming to be used. I used a Marianne's design heart emboss folder on the black and the die on the tag. I made a smaller version of the image to add on the tag. Thought this would be nice for somebody that loves to read.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Cheerful Sketches - September challenge
Southern Girls - Tags
Unicorn Challenge #36 - Add charm
Creative Craft Cottage #111 - Ribbon and or lace
The Paper Shelter #353 - Embossing of any kind
Crafty Friends Challenge #92 - Wet/dry embossing

Hope you challenge yourself to make some wonderful tags, especially with Christmas around the corner and join Creative Moments.
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Monday 10 September 2018

Some inspiration



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It has been such a long time since I have played with a Digistamp4Joy image. But with Spring knocking on our doors this image(JA7-DS4J) was just the thing to use. I made this card for a friend of ours that has been diagnosed with lung cancer and it is more for encouraging. The sentiment I took from Desert Diva. She has a lot of sentiments to choose from.  I have experimented with textured card stock this time around and coloured the image with Prisma pencils. Papers are from my stash.

Challenges I'm joining:
Digistam4Joy - September - Flower Frenzy
Colour Crazy Craft #36 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Add 3 of something

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

Saturday 1 September 2018

Spring is here





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 It is the 1st of September and there is a new vibe in the air....here the birds have started to sing early in the morning and new fresh leaves have giving us a lift in spirit. Always good to have a new season on hands. In blogland there is also a change of scenery, though a bit more to autumn than spring. Since I'm building on girly cards again with a few 16 birthdays on hand, I played with the Paper Shelter's Spring Attitude. The designer paper is from First Edition's Hide Away, gingham paper for the border, from Sunny Studio and I coloured the image with Prisma pencils. Used some washi tape/ribbon with an Afrikaans sentiment from Purple Magnolia and Crealies dies.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #468
Moving Along With Times #79 - Gingham and / or with button
Aud Sentiment #211 - Bingo + Sentiment - Die cut, Stitch, ribbon
Crafting with Dragonflies #112 - Spring has sprung
The Outlawz Colour challenge 28 August - Tag, stamp, stitch
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 30 August - 5 Spetember - Anything goes.

Hope you have a fantastic day!
Hugs from Africa!
Olga