Thanks a Latte

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Tuesdays are New Release images day at Catch the Bug. Today we have this lovely set of Thank a Latte! I played with Blue, white and silver, as inspiration from Color dare challenge. The image was coloured with my Prisma Pencils. I add a little liquid pearl on for the foam look then I did some wet embossing om the side with silver. Final touch was some star brads. The designer paper is from English Boutique by Craft Easy. 

Challenges I took inspiration from:

The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch

The Colour Dare Challenge #428 - 1 neutral, 1 colour, 1 metal

Sweet Stampin - Thank you

Crafty Sentiment - Anything goes

Hope you'll pass by and see all the inspiration from my fellow DT members with this cutie.

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

New adventure awaits

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Today I just played a bit in my craft room. I have found bit of inspiration in Blogland and decided I'll hide from the heat today. I made a card for my eldest. He will become a student soon and pursuit his dream of becoming a medical doctor. But with COVID currently there is just nothing sure of when and how they are going to start. We do hope for the best and that he can start in March. I used a Paper Shelter image - Real Life Super Hero. I have coloured it with my Prisma Pencils. I used paper from Forget me Not by Lemon Craft, new paper I bought just before my holiday, and some paper from Wilson & Maclagan. These are his favourite colours. I used dies from Sizzix.

Challenges I took inspiration from:

C.R.A.F.T #583 - New

Tuesday Morning Sketches #589 - Tall and skinny

The Paper Shelter #453 - New Beginnings

Moving a long with time #126 - New

The Outlawz Festive Fridays 22 January - 4 February - Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - January - Anything Goes

Hope you keep safe and well!

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

Crisp green and white

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I had such fun creating this project! I was super excited when I was asked to make a 16th birthday card and the theme is green. I bought this lovely paper stack  from Lemon Craft - Fresh summer, just before my holidays in December. So this is the very first time I had the time to play with it. I wanted to make something soft and almost delicate, since the small flowers on the paper just asked for it. The image called Serenity from Sheepski Design just added to the soft look. Luckily I had some darker green that shaded in. I used a Nellis Snellen die for it. Some punched flowers with little pearls for the corners and in her hair and ribbon and stringed pearls gave it the finishing touch. 

Challenges I took inspiration from:

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C567 - Sketch

Sheepski Design #46 - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #669 - What's new

Crafty Catz #534 - Anthing goes with optional twist of Tie it Up

Allsorts #607 - Something new

The Outlawz Monday Greeting 18 -31 January - Anything goes

Moving along with Time #126 - New

Thank you and hope you keep safe.

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

Sending balloons on your 16th

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I was asked to make a few 16th birthday cards for a young lady turning 16. Apparently her theme is green. Such a lovely vibrant colour to play with, here in the beginning of a new year. I had this small piece of left over paper in my stash with balloon on and it gave the momentum for the rest, since the chosen image is Birthday Balloons from Sheepski Design. The designer paper forced me also to turn the sketch a bit. I used a dinky die from X Cut for the balloons. The circle is a Nellie Snellen die. Image was coloured with Prisma Pencils.

Challenges I'm joining:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dies and or embossing

Lemon Shortbread #137 - Anything goes

Sheepski designs #46 - Anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - #199

Daring Cardmakers - It's Bagel day - Anything with circle or bagel

The Outlawz Festive Fridays 8 - 21 January - Birthdays

Hope you have a fantastic day!

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

BINGO at Catch the Bug

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Hope you all enjoyed our Birthday celebrations this past week. It is time for a new challenge at Catch the Bug on a Saturday. This time we have a lovely B-I-N-G-O. Just one of my favourite challenges! I played with the middle row, Button, image and charm. I used Giraffe Blocks and Chinese Symbols for this challenges. It just looked fun here at the beginning of the year. I used papers like from the attic. It has been longer than 10 years in my stash. The ribbon is also from my stash. I used a little owl bead for my charm with a heart saying "made with love"

Challenges I'm joining:

Cheerful Sketches - January

The Outlawz Colour challenge - Inspiration colours with "F" for flowers this time. 

Craft Friends #148 - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T #582 - Anything goes

Creative Knockouts #384 - Say something

Aud Sentiment #266 - Anything goes with sentiment

See you at Catch the Bug for our BINGO challenge

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

Birthday with cupcake Teddy

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It is day 6 of Catch the Bug's 11th Birthday Bash. Some lovely prize up for grabs if you join in the fun. The theme is forest animals. I played with Teddy Cupcake, a new digi to my collection I have coloured it with my Prisma pencils. I have made a gift bag and card, since I had some request at the end of last year for such combo's. Papers are from my stash and the designer paper is a set that I bought just before my holiday last year. I used a Crafter's Companion die set. I used some pearl accent on the frosting of the cupcake. 

Challenges I'm joining:

Double D - Cupcakes

The Outlawz Colour Challenge - Something starting with "F" and inspirational colours. (Food/Frosting)

Sweet Stampin - New

Use your Stuff #413 - New Stuff

Tuesday Morning Sketches #588

Hope you'll come and join us in our Birthday bash.

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

Catch the Bug 11th Birthday Bash

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Happy new year! May this be a very creative year and may we touch lives for a better change.

We have been away for a few weeks. Luckily our holiday was not that much infected by the current COVID situation in our country. We made it back before the current peak. The break was good though. Visiting places we have done about 17 years ago. Seen a wet Kalahari was amazing. Took my children to Tankwa was also special. There you can hear silence drumming in your ears and from a hilltop it almost looks like Mars.

I'm back just in time to celebrate Catch the Bug's birthday! I'm very honored to be part of this group for almost 2 years now and to Jodie, I lift my hat. To be on her toes for lasting 11 years is a prestige, since all of us saw blogs and shops come and go. So I wish Jodie and her team all the best for the next years to come!

Our theme for this Birthday Bash is Jungle Critters. She has a few Jungle Critters in her shop and you might be lucky to add a few freebies in the coming week.

I used Humming bird and Chinese Symbols for this almost CAS project, closest to CAS I can get! I really used some dies and paper with a piece of ribbon and rhinestone. 

Challenges I'm joining:

Creative Craft Cottage #136 - Must use a digi

The Outlawz Colour Challenge - White, Black & Red with twist of adding circle

The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch

The Male Room #146 - Animal

I'm adding some photos of our holiday at the end.

Hope you'll come and join Catch the Bug's birthday celebrations!

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

Tankwa National Park

Tankwa National Park

Tankwa National Park

Tankwa National Park

Augrabies National Park

Kgalagadi National Park

Kgalagadi National Park

Kgalagadi National Park

Kgalagadi National Park