Sunday, 13 December 2020

Holiday Chaos at Catch the Bug







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Today is our first day at Catch the Bug Holiday Chaos! This year we have the lovely theme of Reindeer Games. We want to see all your project with reindeer, but if you do not have any come along and play with any image. I have used Friday's Freebie called DeDe Christmas Riendeer. I have use paper from my Christmas stash. A Cuttlebug border emboss folder with lights and a Christmas tree die. Used some autumn leaves gilding flakes on the star. Sequences were the final touch.

Challenges I'm joining:
Incy Wincy Design 7-19 December - Christmas/Red & Green
Creative Knockouts #380 - Anything goes

Hope you will come and join the fun. There are some daily prizes and weekly prizes if you join in the whole week! Further you have until the 1st of January to create a project!

Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB 

Friday, 11 December 2020

Elf with gift




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I had time for some final plays before our I take a few weeks off. This image is from Alicia Bel and was a freebie at Digimojo on Facebook. I just had to play with is, so I made a gift bag. I played with some traditional colours for a change. I have coloured the image with my pencils. The sentiment is from Desert Diva.

Challenges I'm joining:
Penny's Paper-Crafty #486 - Mega year-end challenge
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas/Winter

Hope you have a wonderful festive time.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Monday, 7 December 2020

End of year Birthday wishes






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A new challenge started at Creative Moments! This time around we are sponsored by Morgan's Artwork. I had the opportunity to play with Fantasy Fae 18. I used it to make a Birthday Card for my friend who will celebrate her birthday just before the end of the year. She loves hues of blue. I used some washi tape on my blue stripes. Image was coloured with Prisma pencils. I used a cuttlebug flower die and spellbinder leaves, almost forgotten. The flower is more or less the same one as in her hair. 

Challenges I'm joining:
Crafty Creations #416 - Anything goes
Morgan's Artwork #12 - Anything goes

Hope you'll come and join us at Creative Moments!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Friday, 27 November 2020

Believe





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Today I just played a bit. Since I have been in the mood of making gift bags, I just continued. I think a personalised gift bag is so special. I started of with the idea of white and iceblue.When we used to have Christmas at our house, I would choose a colour for my table and then I would do even my cards in that colour. So I popped in our local stationary shop and found this mint green and silver paper from Krafty King and I changed my mind immediately. I stayed with my favourite white in different tones. The image from The Paper Shelter is Heavenly Christmas Carol. Though the snow is not quite our Christmas scene her in the Southern Hemisphere. I have coloured it with my Prisma Pencils. I added some glitter and Pearl Accent. Snowflake confetti and rhinestones were my final touch. Dies are from Creative Expressions. 

Challenges I'm joining:
Daring Cardmakers - Boxes and bags
Cut it Up #214 - Christmas
Crafty Catz #529 - Anything goes with optional twist of it is cold outside
The Paper Shelter #451 - A Christmas Card
Creative Knockouts #378 - Christmas Delight
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 26 November - 2 December - Anything goes with option festive colours
Cute Card Thursday #662 - Silver or gold

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

Thursday, 26 November 2020

Oldie but Goodie project

Back of gift bag

Front of gift bag





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First of all I want to wish everybody that celebrate Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving. Hope these are special times shard with family!

It is Thursday and time to share another oldie image from Jodie from Bugaboo. I was asked to make another gift bag for a baby shower and I have to use the same image - Bobblehead Animal Greetings - as before. It makes it so much easier if you have a head start. I used some beautiful soft mint green paper from my stash. I added some pink and blue that is featured in the flowers. I made a string for the fairy charm with some beads and attached it to the ribbon bow. On the front I used Night Sky ink from Versamagic and blended it a bit into the paper. I just could not make up my mind whether I liked it or not, so I did not do it on the back side too. Image was coloured with Prisma pencils.

I used the following challenges as inspiration:
Cheerful Sketches - November Sketch
Use Your Stuff #410 - Tic Tac Toe - Sketch, Brad/Bling (Glitter on bow of elephant) & pearl brad on bow on backside, Design paper
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 17-30 November - Left top to bottom
The Outlawz Crash your Stash November/December - Charms

Thank you and visit Bugaboo with some lovely inspiration from the DT with some of the older images of Bugaboo!

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB


Saturday, 7 November 2020

QKR Stampede sponsoring Creative Moments!

 



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On the 7th we have another fun challenge at Creative Moments. This time I used Ballet Shoes from QKR Stampede, one of our sponsors. As previously mentioned, I'm making a few baby cards for my stash. I used paper from W&M and some plain card stock. I have coloured the image with Prisma pencils. Used a Spellbinder border die and added pearls and ribbon for finishing touch. Sentiment is computer generated.

Challenges I'm joining:
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 3 - 16 November - Blue, white, pink with twist of baby card
Aud Sentiment #263 - Anything goes with sentiment.

Hope you'll come and join us at Creative Moments.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Friday, 6 November 2020

Friday Freebie time at Catch the Bug




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On a Friday it is time for another freebie from Catch the Bug. This week we have Brad Autumn Leaves as a freebie. I have used bits and pieces from my stash and have coloured the image with Prisma pencils. I have flipped the sketch and used a couture creation leave die and a Cuttlebug border emboss folder. Rhinestones and ribbon are also from my stash. 

Challenges I'm joining:
Incy Wincy design 2 - 14 November - I used red, yellow and green
Cute Card Thursday #659 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #415 - Anything goes

Click over to Catch the Bug and find the link to the shop, Freebies and Sale, where you can just click on the image and you have an immediate download of the freebie.

Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Thursday, 5 November 2020

Growing old together







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Finally I have finished this wedding card. Luckily it will go to the same bride and groom, their wedding has been postponed from June to November due to COVID. Their wedding colours is blue, white and silver and it just worked well with a few challenges I'm joining today. The image is from Sheepski Design and I have coloured it with Prisma Pencils and added some glitter on the mushroom. I used White glitter cardstock for the Heart die from MArianne Design. Though with the current light it just don't show. Silver cardstock was used for the heart embossing and the sentiment heart. Final touch was some rhinestone hearts in silver and some peel-off border.

Challenges I'm joining:
Color My Heart Color dare #417 - Recipe 1 metal (silver) + 1 neutral (white) + 1 color (blue)
Sheepski Design #44 - Christmas and or sparkle ( I opted for the sparkle)
Unicorn Challenge #60 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour challenge 3 - 16 Nov - Blue, white, silver with twist of wedding card

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

Sunday, 1 November 2020

It's a girl with Stella Says Sketch



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I had a request for a matching card for the bag that I have made. So I used Bobblehead Greetings - I didn't forget, again for the card. I did not had the same paper any more, but used paper from M&W. Used the same pink . Coloured the image with Prisma pencil and used some rhinestones as finishing touches. Sentiment was computer generated. Hope you'll join us at Stella Says Sketch this fortnight.


Hugs from Africa

OlgaB

Friday, 23 October 2020

Romantic blue





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Yesterday I took some time off to spend in my craft room. I made a DT project for next week and while browsing through the possible challenges, a few caught my eye. I played with some dies and embossing folders for this wedding card. The heart die was a birthday gift. I just love white for wedding cards but the blue just added a bit of a romantic touch.

Challenges I'm joining:
2 Sisters on the Blog - October - Diagonal - Tauw, kant, blauw

Hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Friday, 16 October 2020

Freebie Friday at Catch the Bug



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Friday is a good day for many reasons. One of it, is that it is Freebie time at Catch the Bug. Since I'm not a big Halloween fan, I'm thankful for this lovely mouse with its balloons for this week. My training group is also a bit older than I am and they have asked for some baby cards. I decided to used some Ballerina, sage and linen for this one. Papers are from Lady K's twinkle toes and First Editions' Hide Away. I used a emboss folder and added some rhinestones. Image was coloured with Prisma Pencils. Some sentiment and balloon confetti were used for the final touch.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Creative Knockouts #372 - Embossing Delight
Crafty Catz #523 - Anything Goes 
Color My Heart Color dare #415 - Ballerina, Sage & Linen
Cheerful Sketches - October Sketch

Hope you will pop over to Catch the Bug and grab the freebie. As easy just click on the image for download.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Thursday, 8 October 2020

New season




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We have a new owner at Creative Moments. Luckily the transition between Alex and Barbara went so smoothly we almost did not see the difference. I have to thank Alex for the time I have worked with her. I really enjoyed it! I wish her well with her health. Then I am looking forward to work with Barbara. I think the only big difference is the time zone. 

Scribbles is one of our sponsors this round. I used some of there freebies called Summer Treats. Summer is on its way here in the southern hemisphere and that can only bring ice cream to the table. This time I opted for a slimline card.  I used plaid paper from Hide Away by First Edition. Coloured the image with Prisma Pencils and used a ribbon and rhinestones from my stash. I added some sparkle to the ice cream and lollies. 

Challenges I'm joining:
Craft Rocket #75 - Add Sparkle
Shopping our Stash - Slimline cards
The Outlawz Colour challenge 6 - 19 October - Orange, red, green with twist of no pumpkins

Hope you'll come and join us at Creative Moments!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

New Release at Catch the Bug


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On Tuesdays we have a new release at Catch the Bug. Today we have "Clown around Hello" I played with some colourful papers from my stash and added some bits of pieces for the other elements. Some sequences was the final touch.

Challenges I'm joining:
Crafty Friends #146 - More than one die
Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and hope you'll enjoy our latest release.
Hugs From Africa!
OlgaB

Saturday, 26 September 2020

Inspirational photo at Catch the Bug




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After a few days out of town I'm back. This time with a recycled paper shopping bag for our lovely inspirational photo challenge at Catch the Bug.  Unfortunately the image, Autumn Jar from Bugaboo, was printed with another bag in mind, but when I looked for it, my husband has already thrown it away. I used some handmade paper in the background. I used a fence die and an oval with some faux stitching on it. Image was coloured with my Prisma pencils. Had these yellow flowers now for ages, since it is just to big for a normal card, but on this bg it came in quite handy. A ribbon from my stash was the finishing touch.

Challenges I'm joining:

Double D - Fences
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything but a card

Hope you'll come and play along!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB


Tuesday, 22 September 2020

It's a Boy




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There is a little boy that will make his appearance in a couple of weeks time. His grandmother asked for a card to celebrate the beginning of his life. I decide to take a little verse from my Inspirational Station and this one really sums up a little boy's life. Since mine are on the stage of biking by and soon they will be out of my house. I used some die cuts from Cuttlebug. The "It's a Boy" sentiment is confetti that I got when my boys were born. On the navy I used a Cuttlebug emboss folder with some vehicles on, from there my inspiration for the bike and it is in the phrase as well, and the turquoise is from Lady Pattern Paper Twinkle toes selection. with a little leftover dotted ribbon in the middle.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Color Hues # 2 - Navy & Turquoise
Tuesday Throwdown #466 - Sketch
Aud Sentiment #260 - Anything goes with sentiment
Incy Wincy Design 21 September - Something funny/Celebrations

Thank you for your visit. Have a lovely day!
Hugs from Africa!
Olga