DOILIES 27cm

Hello to all my peeps

Well, couple days of holiday is past and it is back to work and planning for the next couple of months. Recently I was asked by a friend for some large doilies 27cm,  and this was the result.

These doilies she wants to use in her scrap pages for her friends, so will be asking her to please shear them with us. The doilies was cut out with Cutmates card stock,  which I just love using, as it really cuts well on the Cricut machine.

CELEBRATREE

Hello to all my followers,

My apology for being so quiet, I have just been so busy with classes this last 2 months and thank goodness they finish till next year.

Now I would like to tell you all about something unique and that is the "Celebratree"
These 2 ladies puts together this fantastic idea with a tree on canvas to celebrate any occasion you would like, from kitchen teas to weddings

In case you can't see the contact details here they are

ROBYN Cell: 073-832-9272 or LINDSAY Cell: 083-4444-0440
Email: robyngibson@gmail.com

GIFT WRAP CARDS

Hello friends,

Here in Pretoria we have had some variety of weather from sunny days to afternoons & evenings with rain to hail. Luckily no damages besides a few leaks, as our big Avocado tree, leaves and branches blocked some of the cutters

As you can see from the previous post, it was decided to donate 3 Santa Shoe boxes for girls. It was strange for me with adult children to go and buy 12 year old clothes, sure felt like doing sampling shopping and what fun that was. After the boxes was covered, there was some gift wrap left and yip... creativity shouted at me.

So the result was making 3 Casual cards

 

Oh yes and the Card Candi just popped in hand and had to be paste too :-))

SANTA SHOEBOX PROJECT

Hello to all my peeps, hope to find you in a healthy and happy day. Clear sky and nice and hot here in Pretoria.

This year I have decided one of the charities I will be supporting is SANTA SHOEBOX, and in that way cheering some cheer with the children. The children range in ages from small till teenagers, and to give from the heart is always so satisfying. You can donate as many shoeboxes filled as you budget allows or you may go and make a donation.

Please click on the link http://www.santashoebox.co.za/

Have a great day !!!

CHARMED NOTES

Hello to all my followers and to the peeps that just pop in to have a look :-))

If you are a card maker like me, well then you don't throw away anything that you think can always be re-use no matter how small. The squares and flowers for this card, was cut offs from a bigger punch for a scrap page. The resin notes and harp was items I made ages ago.
So voila... a casual card in seconds -))

BAKERS TWINE

Hello to all my followers, sorry have not been blogging for awhile due to health reasons.
Marika is taking a break as she is moving soon into her new home... yippy

In the mean time I have found some beautiful Bakers Twine. Shipment is arriving in the following week and the colours that is coming in, is marked with a cross. You may contact me if you are interested in some

CHRISTMAS DECORATION

Wow, I just have to share with you these stunning Christmas decorations made by Christina. And besides being so beautiful, what caught my eye.... she added Card Candi at the top by the ribbon bows. 

Christina is always my inspiration as she makes the most stunning cards, please go and visit her blog http://flowersribbonsandpearls.blogspot.com/

CARD CANDI - FLOWER

As Card Candi is my favorite as present and they are so easy and fun to use, I thought why not show you a tutorial of how to make flowers with any of the plain colours.

Red, Green and Yellow

Good Afternoon

Marika here.  I am greeting you from a cold Cape Town, the sun was shinning so brightly this morning that I thought that we will have another sunny day, but no such luck. 

I made a card with a lovely freebie stamp that I received with my latest Papercraft Essentials magazine. This is one of the most beautiful little stamps that I have yet to receive with a magazine. I just love this little winged girl. I used some red pearls on the outside of the scalloped circle.

A close-up of the stamp.  The stamp is from the Wee Stamps and was designed exclusive for Papercraft Essential magazine.  I put some Glitzin Glamour over the wings, just for that little bit of bling.

 

That's all from me.  Have a great weekend.

Hugs,
Marika

BIRTHDAY CARD

This card was made with my friend Brenda in mind. I have not seen her for ages, but we stay in contact on a regular basis. I have promised myself that we will go and visit as soon as it gets warmer and I can get around with a reliable vehicle again.

This card was made using Passionate Coutre Texture card stock as backing. On top is metallic card stock that I punched with a corner punch ages ago from a friends stash.

The white card stock is from Cutmates and cut to a oval using a Simply 2 die 4 die 

Now the challenging part:

I have not done much colouring of any sorts, so decided I need to start brushing up sometime. The corset picture printed on a label printer and coloured with a permanent marker. Well, that alone was a challenge on its on :-) as it makes streaks if you don't colour it right as the label paper is a glossy paper and takes long to dry. Ok, so after ditching the 1st picture, tried again and learned a lesson yippy :-)

All stocks used above is availble at  http://www.abccrafts.co.za/

Thanks for popping in, we, me Charlie and Marika would love some comments !!!