Par l'armour

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I had a lot of inspiration this past week. So wish it can last forever and that I can have forever time to make it happen. I had some sad news this week. A day for daisies's challenge blog is going on an indefinite hiatus at the end of February, although their shop will still be open. I did enjoy their inspiration and their digis. But that is part of life. So for the last time I'll join them, although I'll still be using there digis definitely in future. This digi is Hepbern dress from ADFD. My papers are from True romance from Kaiser craft and Weathered Aspect from DCWV. I've printed the image in a gray tone to give it a faded look. I took inspiration from Tuesday Throwdown's challenge of "love note" from there the heart with music paperclip.

Challenges I'm joining:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 - #106
Tuesday Trowdown #328 - Love Notes
Sweet Stampin - Love is in the Air
Come and Get it - Valentine's cards
Crafty Calendar February Challenge - Love is in the Air
A Day for Daisies - February - Anything goes

Thank you for the visit.
Hugs from Africa!
Olga

Summer dream

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I took some real me time the last few days and made a few cards. For those following me, yes it is my second post with the same sketch from Tuesday morning sketches. I bought this sea breeze die a few months ago and I finally had time to play with it. This a digi from A Day For Daisies called a skirt full of flowers. They are the sponsors for this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches. In a sense she looks like someone thinking of the past summer. DP from Dove crafts. I used Faber Castell aqua pencils to colour the picture with some chalk in the back ground.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #388
Colour Crazy Craft #5 - Colour crazy challenge anything goes
Digi Choosday WK5 - Anything goes
Crafting with attitude #24 - Anyting goes

Thank you and have a great day!
Olga

Lavender and Lace

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This is one of those challenging cards for some of us and for others, like my SIL, whom is my muse when it come to clean and simple, it looks like a breeze. I could not resist when I saw the lavender and lace challenge. I have a few birthdays at my bible study in February and this looked just like it. I used a Cuttlebug blooming bouquet emboss and cut stencil. Somehow it is such a focal point that it really does not need anything more. I used some lace peel-offs for the lace on the side and the flowers were made of voile ribbon.

Challenges I used as inspiration:
Crafting by Design February Anything goes
Double D - Lavender and Lace
Crafty Sentiment - Ribbon &/ Lace
Crafty Creations #334 - Anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #388 

Thank you and have a great day!
Olga

Fourteen

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With teenagers in the house there is always a need for some birthday cards. I used a digi from Bugaboo called Rock Star. Papers are from my stash. Sentiment is from Desert Diva.

I used the follow challenges as inspiration:
The Outlawz Tuesday colour challenge 31 January 2017 with twist of a male card
Stella says sketch #502
The Male room #53 - Numbers
Crafty Catz #356 - Anything goes with twist of male cards
Aud Sentiment #172 - Masculine projects with sentiment.

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

Shoe.....

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A little bit of black and white inspiration for today. My digi is from Bugaboo and it is the first time I'm using it. I used polka dot brazzille cardstock as base and kept it quite simple with a splendid circle die from Spellbinders, zebra striped ribbon (also the first time to be used), some peel offs in the corners and black lace with a golf ball embellishment for the flower effect. Final touch is a bit of glitter on the the daisy.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #104
Crafting when we can #136 - spots and stripes
Double D challenge - Black and white
Crafting by design -  Anything that shines
Digi Choosday Wk3 - Anything goes

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

Ballerina dress rehearsal

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It is almost half trough January and I only make my first post now. Hope everybody had an enjoyable festive season and that you are all fired up for 2017. I shared this piece of wisdom on my Facebook page as my wish for 2017: 

T.E. Lawrence
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

So make your dreams possible.

I started the new school year by making this project, just to get my creativity on the go. For my project I used a digi from A Day For Daisies and is called dress rehearsal. I used papers from Helz Cuppleditch' Speciale delivery stack and flowers from my stash.

I used the following favourite challenges as guidance:

A Day for Daisies  #158 - More than 2 layers

Penny's Paper-Crafty #311 - Anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 - Celebrate 2016 with your sketch of choice

The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 10 January with twist of image or embellishment with B

Hope you have a lovely day!

Hugs from Africa!

Olga

Beautiful old people

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What a busy month that has past. Can't believe it is December already, it feels like I have missed a month. Even Blogger has a new look since I last opened it. Hopefully it is good thing.
With everything going on and me being away, I came home to no internet and I could not post this project before the end of November. This was November's digi for Digistamp4Joy's Facebook challenge. I made a birthday card for a lady whom will celebrate her 80+ birthday in early January. The sentiment was on my table for a while now and the colurs just came together with the paper from Dovecrafts' back to basics IV.

Challenges I took my inspiration from:
Aud Sentiment #169 - Anything goes with sentiment
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge - 29 November - Monochrome
The Outlaws Wednesday Sketch Challenge - 30 November
Digistamp4Joy #131 - Anything goes with twist of adding sparkle

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