Irish blessing

Good day

We are on our way to a wedding this weekend. I just love to make white on white wedding cards and if I can find a lovely blessing, like this Irish blessing, even better. I used different white cardstock and a Spellbinder corner die. Addes some liquid pearl and gems.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #518
Double D - Gems, rhinestones or pearls
Creative Knockouts #313 - Something to say

💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Bird-day

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Our spring is on its way and all the signs is already there, although we are still waiting for rain. With the lovely inspirational photo from Catch the Bug, it sure looks like spring. My image and sentiment are also from Bugaboo. The paper is from Marianne design's Celebrations stack. I used a few Spellbinders dies and a new emboss folder from Kaiser Craft.

Challenges I'm joining:
Catch the Bug August Photo inspiration
Stella Says Sketch #713
Crafty Creations #397 - Anything Goes
The Outlawz Festive Friday 23 August - 5 September - Birthdays

Thank you and have a lovely day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Love my blue shoes

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I was priviledge to win this image from Sheepski design called I love my shoes. It really looks like a typical teenager image and my friend's daughter loves blue. So when I saw the inspirational colour palette at the Outlawz this all came together. I used some Spellbinder dies with faux stitching on the squares. The paper with its sentiment printed on it, is from Celebrate 's Beyoutiful stack.


Challenges I took inspiration from:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #165 & #166
Colour Crazy Craft Week 34 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 27 August to 9 September
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 29 August - 11 September - Stitching real or faux
Penny's Paper-Craft #445 - Anything goes
Sheepski Design Facebook #39 - Squares

Thank you and have a lovely weekend.
💝 hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

New experiences stretch the mind

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I played a bit out of my comfort zone. I used dies and effen got my stamps and embossing powder out for this one. I used a Kaiser die and some Spellbinders. The tag and post is stamps in my stash. Paper is from First edition's Man Made.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #516
The Outlawz Crash your Stash - Embossing Powder
Inspirational Challenge #193 - Travel

Thank you and have a lovely day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Signs of spring

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When I saw this sketch the first thing that came to mind was this little punch of mine. It has been ages since last I used it. And then there was the challenge of your favourite colour combo - Blue & Orange of Green & Pink. For those who follow me, know I love any colours and a lot of it. Though this time I opted for the Pink & Green, since Spring is in the air here in the Southern Hemisphere! The image is from Sheepski Design and it was on my table, printed a while ago. Paper is from W&M and I just had to finish it with some gems and pearls. The flower was on my table from a previous project.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Colour Crazy Challenge Wk 32 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge 7-20 August
Sheepski Facebook Challenge #38 - Favourite Embellishments - Ribbon & Gems
The Paper Shelter #39 - Dies & Punches
Creative Knockouts #311 - Bling & Shine
Creations in Pink #13 - Anything Goes Mainly in Pink
As You like it challenge - Favourite Colour Combo Pink/Green or Blue/Orange

Thank you and have a great day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Obey all rules

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The season is changing and there is a bit of warmth in the air. The birds is also a bit more loud in the early mornings. Maybe that brought some uplifting in my spirit.
I bought some new dies for my birthday and I took some time off to play with them. I really took out some old favourites like rubber stamps and emboss powders too.
Witht his project I used paper from Marianne's design's Just for Men. The bottle and glass dies are from Marianne Design Creatables and the circles are from Spellbinder. I went for a blue, craft and orange colour combo this time a round since I only have men in my house and two of them love orange and the other one love blue.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
As you like it Challenge - Favourite combo Blue /Orange or Pink/Green and why
Feeling Sketchy #223
Cute Card Thursday #595 - Add a quote
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge - Craft + 2 with twist (mine is dies)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-namic

Thank you and have a lovely day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Miniature #2

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Instead of tags, I made some miniature cards. They are 7 x 9 cm. A very nice size to used some of my bits and pieces. This time the image is fro All Dressed up, one of our sponsors at Creative Moments this time around. The designer paper is from W&M. The sentiment is from Crealies Text dies and image was coloured with Prisma pencils. I used some glitter on the butterfly.

Challenges I'm joining:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #166
All Dressed Up July challenge - Anything goes with ADU image
The Outlawz Monday Greeting cards 5 - 18 August - Glitter
Digi Choosday Wk32 - Anything goes

Thank you and have a fantastic day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Miniature #1

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I made two miniature cards in stead of tags for kitchen tea gifts. The first one is an image from Conie Fong - one of my favourite girl images - I coloured it with Prisma pencils. I used left over from previous projects for these cards, since they are only 9 x 7 cm. Designer paper is from Moon Child - Prima Marketing. For the first time I used my X-Cut flower punch with a finishing touch of pearl.

Challenges I'm joining:
Crafty Sentiment - Anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches #515
Crafting by Design - August Anything goes
The Outlawz Festive Fridays 26 July - 8 August - Anything goes
Conie Fong Facebook Challenge

Thank you and have a great day!
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

Creative Moments #174

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It is already a new month and the year is speeding away. It is time for a new challenge at Creative Moments and as always it is anything goes. One of our sponsors are Morgan's Art World and I used this beautiful vase with daisies. The paper is from Graphic 45's Secret Garden and bits and pieces of scrap for the corner decorations. Images was coloured with Prisma pencils. Sentiment is from Crealies Text dies.

Challenges I took my inspiration from:
Unicorn Challenge #46 - Fully loaded or CAS
Morgan's ArtWorld #08 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Colour challenge 30 July - 12 August - Monochrome Yellow
Feeling Sketchy #222
The Outlawz Crash your Stash July - August - Photo corners

Hope you come and join us at Creative Moments.
💝 from Africa!
OlgaB

With Sympathy

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Time had come to say good bye to a friend whom had lung cancer. She finally said good bye last night. In a sense it was less than a year since she was diagnosed, but everybody suffers in the end with an illness where only death wins. But I know she is cured now, since she is in heaven.
I used a chevron emboss folder and found the frame in my forgotten scrapbook stash. The sentiment is from Crealies words.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Digi Doodles Studios #19 - Spots and or dots
Tuesday Morning Sketches #514
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 1 - 14 August - Chevrons or Geometrics
The Outlawz Festive Fridays 26 July - 8 August - Anything goes

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