tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35819264837723094472024-03-13T11:28:30.887+02:00Dingetjies en DatjiesMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-38413013817528133852017-07-09T17:34:00.001+02:002017-07-10T09:11:19.839+02:00Lovely RainbowsGooooooood morning<br />
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After an absence of almost 2 years I am back and what a way to get back into things.</div>
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<a href="https://thegirlwithataperunner.wordpress.com/">Sharen Thumboo </a>has arranged an awesome blog hop and the theme is rainbows. Rainbows are not just colourfull but they are also a symbol of rain and seeing as I live in Cape Town and we are currently experiencing very strict water restrictions, we can use a lot of rainbows in our lives.</div>
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So if you have followed the hop from the beginning, you should of have arrived here from <a href="http://firenzecards.blogspot.co.za/">Helen Duffett</a> site. </div>
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So here is my take on my rainbow card. I did not use the shape of a rainbow but rather the colours.</div>
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I bought this balloon die some time ago and fell in love with it but as with so many things, I put it away. Finally I had a good reason to use it. I used some cardstock in the 7 rainbow colours (a good use for those small pieces of cardstock that is sometimes thrown away). </div>
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The die cuts has little "tail" but I cut that off as I wanted to add some silver thread. After I cut that off I added a piece of silver thread and tied them all together to look like a bunch of balloons. </div>
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I used a normal size white card base and added a piece of cloud patterned paper, this was the perfect backdrop for my balloons.</div>
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I used a small piece of vellum as background for my sentiment. I stamped it with Versa Mark embossing ink and covered it with white embossing powder.</div>
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An that is as they say "THE END". Please leave a comment and be sure to visit the other blogs as many of them has some giveaways.</div>
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<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please hop along and catch more rainbows. Your next stop on the blog hop is </b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><a href="http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/">Margaret Kieser.<i> </i></a></b></span><b style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Here is the complete hop list, hope you find your rainbow. </b></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here are the July 2017 participants: </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. The Girl with a Tape Runner <a href="https://thegirlwithataperunner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://thegirlwithataperunner.wordpress.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. Ansu Badenhorst <a href="http://theivytreestudio.blogspot.co.za/" target="_blank">http://theivytreestudio.blogspot.co.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-91200608245805291262015-10-28T16:23:00.001+02:002015-10-28T16:23:16.614+02:00Simply Gorjuss cardsGood afternoon<div><br></div><div>Here in Cape Town it is hot, hot, hot. Our spring has finally arrived. I am so happy that the winter is gone and we will only "see" it again next year. </div><div><br></div><div>Over the past view days I have made 3 cards, I made it from my awesome prize that I have won. I have not made anything to awe inspiring as I have followed their instructions on these cards. My mind is already thinking about a pop-up box card as well as some step cards.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGnZm49f_xXKZ072aHxuUNW1OzqKSqDXNIFGhL5Zbu5y3-BgsPWnDdXVyrLtAazevojSl57l4rEeZ1ABJapRO6-u2FjJsRJdNWyAm9DQ619AurvUQzguJNfd3hpiAGGwPwYha1HEncM/s640/blogger-image-1685609929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVGnZm49f_xXKZ072aHxuUNW1OzqKSqDXNIFGhL5Zbu5y3-BgsPWnDdXVyrLtAazevojSl57l4rEeZ1ABJapRO6-u2FjJsRJdNWyAm9DQ619AurvUQzguJNfd3hpiAGGwPwYha1HEncM/s640/blogger-image-1685609929.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My first card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r5TKrZsdDefC9QCy8-t6ofCW2ACkWGZxH6eEXI3Xzec1sL092it6xff3FILGGWF8kav_UnqNYJ7R36HHI_WNGugFbisyWwoh4OaesoxAzBHek__lW6NDTkfpa3IfKuh6XIY_Eip_O7w/s640/blogger-image--868818428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r5TKrZsdDefC9QCy8-t6ofCW2ACkWGZxH6eEXI3Xzec1sL092it6xff3FILGGWF8kav_UnqNYJ7R36HHI_WNGugFbisyWwoh4OaesoxAzBHek__lW6NDTkfpa3IfKuh6XIY_Eip_O7w/s640/blogger-image--868818428.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A close up off the card. I have used some dimensional glaze on the mushrooms, truffle an stripes of her hat and arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjCUpAd4PG6_JxSfkjROoLrzxrpVF_3MAjtmAmoywJf7ks0Oq84LFcQ6kWvGygeynd_2_3CwJodkhIqYRJhbEwnqtHgVGy7oXXB1PXn1pBm_FW-5u-vTwclHd45lh4BvwSBdeTjiVwXY/s640/blogger-image-1582903893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjCUpAd4PG6_JxSfkjROoLrzxrpVF_3MAjtmAmoywJf7ks0Oq84LFcQ6kWvGygeynd_2_3CwJodkhIqYRJhbEwnqtHgVGy7oXXB1PXn1pBm_FW-5u-vTwclHd45lh4BvwSBdeTjiVwXY/s640/blogger-image-1582903893.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My second card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1odq9Ru_FSwpEdC4OwXv9q-G1g-jUZsWhC-cl6hgb5N8dbEjMOm1icvYhInqLmvivwVBvMQHGNDXXwrY1uyq-PpZV73k2cXPBIerdEzh_2Lh6DMxwSqkPysXEXldQadhArL7hnsIJ6c/s640/blogger-image-833196354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1odq9Ru_FSwpEdC4OwXv9q-G1g-jUZsWhC-cl6hgb5N8dbEjMOm1icvYhInqLmvivwVBvMQHGNDXXwrY1uyq-PpZV73k2cXPBIerdEzh_2Lh6DMxwSqkPysXEXldQadhArL7hnsIJ6c/s640/blogger-image-833196354.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Close up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUa7_ZZ7T0aq6kf2cEaDHhydExz6CTCmBv48E3F_k9Qe2tyRd_OnGQYOZubN40O_r6OTF3o3-0favxX7nPpWFbcSu71yzXoUSRtSAURkZcGCF1EzXEFb-4LjWi8oJdDaZqErdVGr8X7RE/s640/blogger-image--1951596015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUa7_ZZ7T0aq6kf2cEaDHhydExz6CTCmBv48E3F_k9Qe2tyRd_OnGQYOZubN40O_r6OTF3o3-0favxX7nPpWFbcSu71yzXoUSRtSAURkZcGCF1EzXEFb-4LjWi8oJdDaZqErdVGr8X7RE/s640/blogger-image--1951596015.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My third card. 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Have a great evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hugs,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Marika</div><br></div>Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-75633454955255758382015-10-27T15:23:00.001+02:002015-10-27T15:23:08.813+02:00Awesome Simply Gorjuss prizeHi all.<div><br></div><div>Hope you have all been well. It's been a while since I have last posted anything. With the little one being two years old now I hope to be back here more frequently.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week I was informed that I was the lucky winner of a competition that was on Facebook. The sponser was The Wholesaler. Wednesday my prize was delivered and needless to say I was blown away. In my wildest dreams I could not imagine the prize. When I commented on the competition it said that the prize is a hamper of some Simply Gorjuss goodies. I thought it would be something like one stampset and some paper. 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I hope that you are doing well and are enjoying the week so far. I have been spoiled by my husband as he bought me some stamps that has been on my wishlist for a long time. These are my very first Hero Arts stamps and also my very first flower stamps. I have had some flower stamps in mind as all the stamps that I own might be considered as "child friendly". I have had requests to make cards that feature a more "grown-up" feeling, hence the flower stamps. I bought these from a very lovely lady called <a href="http://stampnscrapwithshamela.blogspot.com/">Shamela</a> from Kanje Krafts and Kreations, her service is excellent and her prices are very good.<br />
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So here is 2 pictures of my 4 new stamps.<br />
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I have coloured some of the stamped images. The pink flower is not finished as I want to add a brad to the middle when I make the card.<br />
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My kids had a 3 week holiday and as my craft room is separate from the house, I did not get to spend much time in there during their holiday, so I packed my copics and stamped images and brought them into the house and spend a little time colouring them. Since school started today I am hoping to finish the cards during the week.... or next week. So here is a sneak peak at my coloured images, I really need to practice my colouring. <br />
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So that is it from me. Thank you for staying and seeing what I have been up to. I am really excited about my new Hero Arts Stamps. Please leave a comment, I love to hear from you.<br />
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<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-22436149350560339212013-05-15T09:22:00.001+02:002013-05-15T09:22:35.116+02:00Is it a plane or is it a butterfly? No it is a little baby boy.Good afternoon<br />
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It has been such a long time since I have posted anything, I had to first familiarise myself with how to make a new post.<br />
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I know that I made a new years resolution to do at least one post a week and it has been a few weeks since my last post. Actually more like a few months. Sorry about that, as usual life got in the way, but this has been a very nice part of life that has been in the way, it has taken the form of a new life. Yes we are expecting our third child and we have just found out that it is a little boy.<br />
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I am hoping that now that the 2nd trimester has started that I will have more energy. The first few weeks did not seem to go well for me, the morning sickness was not so bad it was more the lack of energy that got to me. I just could not get going until after 11 in the mornings and then I still had to do house work and then it was time to get the kids from school and with the oldest in grade 1 now, we had to make extra time for homework. The craft room was closed for so long I had to move the plant out, it was starting to die. But last week I opened it up, cleaned it out and even had a go at doing some crafting and oh joy, how I have missed my "me time". I cannot promise to craft often but I am sure going to do my best.<br />
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Now onto my little project. I made a birthday card for a friends whose mom is turning 80 years old. Wow I think that is just so great, turning 80.<br />
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A close-up of the flowers.<br />
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A close-up of the 80.<br />
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Thank you for staying and reading my post. Hopefully it will not be so long before I do a post again. Keep well and to those living in South Africa, keep warm.<br />
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<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-66954445096789631732013-02-07T08:40:00.001+02:002013-02-07T08:40:34.193+02:00Summer Flower Tilda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I added allot of flowers, it seemed fitting as she is called Summer Flower Tilda.<br />
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A close-up of my Tilda, is she not a beauty.<br />
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For a change I added a sentiment with some flower brads to complete it.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-88887186576156840182013-01-15T09:26:00.000+02:002013-01-15T09:26:43.683+02:00New Years Resolution - FAILED!!!!Good Morning<br />
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Firstly I would like to welcome my new followers, I love having new followers and I love reading your comments.<br />
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Then I would like to apologize In my previous post I made the resolution to post at least one post a week from the beginning of the New Year and oh boy.......... have a failed. I am not one for making New Years Resolutions but as it seemed like a good idea at the time and I hoped that it would force me to spend more time doing something that I love and enjoy, I made it. However I have a good reason for not keeping it, SCHOOL HOLIDAY. Here in Cape Town our kids are only returning to school tomorrow, the 16th of January and they have been at home for almost 6 weeks. Any women that have ever been a mother or that have looked after kids, will understand that keeping 2 small kids (my son is 6 and my girl is 5) entertained for 6 weeks is a full time job (that is not taking into account all the other house work, organizing our Christmas dinner etc, etc, etc). <br />
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Yes we have spent a few hours in my craft room, but it always seem that we end up doing things and making things that they want to. My projects were moved over for making decorations for the Christmas Tree or making face masks or painting or colouring a picture. So needless to say, I have not done anything that I wanted to.<br />
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But as of tomorrow that will not happen any more...... or at least I hope so. The kids are starting school and they will be gone until 13h00. I am hoping to spend at least one hour a day in my craft room. But enough about that now. Yesterday I was granted a hour or so to have leave from my work as being a mom, I was abel to spend it doing what I love....... making something. I decided to make a card and that is what I would like to share with you.<br />
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So here is my card, there was no time to colour an image or make something to fancy or complicated, but I loved the end result. Everything that I used on this card except for the lace at the bottom was a gift from a fellow blogger <a href="http://sharonskardzkorner.blogspot.com/">Sharon</a>, thank you so much, I love all my goodies.<br />
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A close-up of the lace. The lace had little holes in it and I just used some blue cord and then thread it through the holes.<br />
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I love this little stamp, I know that I will use it a lot in the coming day.<br />
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So that is it from me, for now. Tomorrow we have a very big day ahead of us as our little boy will be starting his first day in the "big" school, he will be going to Grade 1. In South Africa our kids wear school uniforms and it is a big thing for us as parents when the kids start in Grade 1, they seem to be starting on a new phase in their lives, they are becoming "big" now ( I will have to share a photo or two or three with you as I am very proud of him going off to the "BIG SCHOOL"). The little one will also start tomorrow, she will be starting Grade R, that is the Grade just before heading off to the "big" school.<br />
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I greet you from a sunny Cape Town and wish you a pleasant day.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-3510078385724040202012-12-17T14:00:00.000+02:002012-12-17T14:00:12.855+02:00Pewter Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I want to share a birthday card with you today that I made for my Sister-in-law. She is a no frilly person, she loves the plain and the no nonsense and for me that is quite a challenge as I love to make cards with a stamped image and lots of bling and embellishments. But seeing that I love her so much and that she has been so good to us, especially since we have moved down to Cape Town, I just had to make her something that I felt was still something very "me". Some of you might know that I love to work with Pewter. So I made her this card with a Pewter topper, very plain and no "nonsency" (not sure if you get a word like that).</div>
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So here it is, I also used a background paper that is not to busy and the silvery flowers went very well with the Pewter. Very plain and simple.</div>
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A close-up of the Pewter topper.<br />
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I have made only one New Years resolution (I do not tend to make any, not because I do not keep them, but I usually forget about them), well my New Years resolution that I made is that I will be posting at least once a week. That will force me to make more "me-time" for crafting and since we have settled in nicely into the house, I do not have any more excuses to not do more crafting (that is except for the fact that I am trying my hand at renovating our place myself - and that is precisely the reason that I have not been blog so frequently, but that is another story for another day).<br />
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So seeing as I will be chatting and posting more frequently from next year, I will say goodbye for now and "see" you later.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-66095262979963608972012-11-13T16:41:00.001+02:002012-11-13T16:41:34.829+02:00Cute Chunky Book ChallangeGood Afternoon<br />
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Recently I participated in a challenge on a stamping group that I belong to. The challenge was to make a cute page that could then be binded together with the other participants creations. In the end we had to make 17 pages and that in itself was a challenge as I have never made so many of the same layouts. I did however use different stamps on each page, but kept all the rest the same.<br />
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Now that we have received back our binded book, I can finally share my pages that I made. I will not go into detail about each page. I have used Magnolia stamps on all my pages as I do think that Tilda and Edwin are just the cutest.<br />
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So here are my pages. <br />
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The first 2 photo'sare of all the pages together.<br />
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Some close-ups.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-34159199407131414912012-11-05T09:15:00.000+02:002012-11-05T09:15:32.526+02:00My BirthdayGood Morning<br />
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This morning I am not going to do a post about any of my cards, today I want to show the lovely cards that I received on my Birthday which was on Saturday the 3rd of November. I was fortunate enough to spend the morning with some very talented craft ladies at the monthly open day that is hosted by Amanda Harrod. These ladies made me feel so special and I really enjoyed the morning.<br />
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I just wanted to thank each and every one of these ladies. Here are a photo of their cards, in no specific order.<br />
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Today I am just going to share a quick post with you. We are in the proses of moving to our new house and I am not sure when I will be able to craft again. <br />
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I made this card a while ago and I used a card topper that I received as a freebie with a magazine.<br />
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A close-up of the topper.<br />
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Thank you for the quick pop-in, I do appreciate it. Please feel free to leave a comment.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-3858259807846327262012-09-11T09:00:00.000+02:002012-09-11T09:00:03.118+02:00Birthday CardGood Morning<br />
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It looks like our spring has arrived, at least partially. Apparently we will still have some cold and rainy days, but I must say that the days that the sun is shinning, I am just over the moon. As you can probably guess, I do not like the winter very much. <br />
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On the other hand I feel that my "mojo" have taken a walk about. If you pass it, please be sure to send it back to me. I am not really feeling inspired to do anything at the moment, but that might have something to do with the fact that, after living with family for the past 5 months, we are almost ready to move into our own house. Yes eventually the documents were handed in and we are expecting to be able to move by next weekend, that is the weekend of the 21st of September. The excitement of moving into our own house has me so doing other stuff, like planning were all the furniture etc will go........ <br />
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Sorry, sorry, sorry, you see what I mean, I am sure that you are not really here to read about my excitement to move.<br />
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So here it is. This is a card that I made a while ago and only realised now that I did not do a post about it. And for a change my card has a sentiment on it.<br />
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I can not tell you how many time I have made a card only to realise when I have finished it that I put it together the wrong way, meaning that it does not open up the right way. So yes with this card it happened again, luckily it is not so difficult to fix it, so when I fixed this one I decided to "sommer" make it a easel card.<br />
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My close up of the image. This is a Lilly of the Valley stamp and it is the first time that I have coloured a teddy, not so sure that I have gotten the teddy's colouring right yet, but I will just have to keep at it until I am satisfied.<br />
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I also made this flower from scratch, and my little girl picked out the ribbon, she said that it goes perfectly with the red polka dots paper.<br />
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So thank you for staying and reading to the end of my post, I really would love to hear from you.<br />
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Have an awesome day and please excuse all the ramblings at the beginning, but I am sure that you will understand all the excitement of moving into your own home. <br />
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I might not be posting for a while as I will have to pack-up everything here to get ready for the move and the I will also need to unpack everything at the new house.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-3199543403191481872012-08-17T08:55:00.000+02:002012-08-17T08:55:06.872+02:00Leaning Tilda with swirl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today my card is with a beautiful Magnolia Stamp, Leaning Tilda, is she just not to cute? A friend stamped her for me.</div>
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A close-up of Tilda. She was coloured with my trusted Copic's.<span style="background-color: white;"> I am not to happy with the hair, I will need to stock-up on some more Copic's to make sure that I can get the desired results.</span><br />
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This swirl was cut out on plain white card stock, I then used a Copic to colour it to go with my back ground paper and then I also covered it with Glossy Accent. I just love the gloss that is added when you use it, makes the swirl looks so fancy.<br />
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Today is Friday and I am looking forward to the weekend. My wish for you this day is, that you will have an awesome weekend filled with fun activities with your loved ones and that you will have lots of time to craft.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-47048434455481344282012-08-12T09:36:00.002+02:002012-08-12T09:36:28.595+02:00Cathy Lee's Summer Blog CandyGood Morning<br />
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Please head on over to <a href="http://creativecathy.blogspot.com/2012/07/cathy-lees-summer-candy.html">Cathy's Blog</a> and go and look at the lovely Blog Candy that she has to give away.<br />
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Thank you and enjoy your Sunday.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-53005128200216261432012-08-10T14:13:00.000+02:002012-08-10T14:13:27.380+02:00Edwin wants a hug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From a cold and windy Cape Town. The mountain is covered by either low hanging clouds or mist, it is a lovely sight. My kids always say that Table Mountain has its beanie on. It is overcast and the rain is probably on it's way - just the kind of weather that make crafting so much more fun.</div>
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A close up of my handsome Edwin.<br />
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I made this card to go into my growing stash, there is always somebody that needs a card for some or other occasion. I have order myself some new Magnolia stamps - only 4 - but I am so excited, cannot wait for them to arrive. My husband is having some difficulty understanding my addiction to the Magnolia stamps, but what can I say, they are just so adorable.<br />
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I will probably receive them next week some time.<br />
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Have a great weekend and enjoy the time spent with family and friends.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-2618947514923971272012-08-02T16:52:00.000+02:002012-08-02T16:52:01.192+02:00Card CandyGood Afternoon<br />
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Please go and visit the <a href="http://www.abccrafts.co.za/">ABC Craft's website</a>. There is some lovely Card Candy for sale. As far as I know Charlie is the only person in South Africa selling these. I have bought lots from her and they are fast becoming a favourite of mine to use on my cards. No wonder they call them "candy', they look good enough to eat.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-52697749323378218962012-07-30T11:26:00.002+02:002012-07-30T11:26:58.554+02:00Your dayGood Morning<br />
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We have been very luck here in Cape Town, we have had 8 days of sun shine and I am just so happy about that. Usually it is overcast and rainy. But I have been "reassured" many times that the summer is still a long way off. I am so looking forward to the summer.<br />
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I am also very excited to announce that we have bought a house and that all the paper work and stuff is now at the lawyers. Now we are only waiting for the transfer, hopefully it will be done by mid September. There is a lovely room that I have put my name on, it will need lots of TLC, but I will, for the first time ever, have a room that will be my room and that I will be able to do in what I want and as I please in.<br />
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I had so much fun with my previous card that I really wanted to make another card that do not have a stamped image as it's main focus. My son's best friend, Rauben's mom had her birthday last week Friday and I made this card to give to her. <br />
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I have had this piece of paper in my stash for such a long time, I just love the colour and the overall theme of the paper, for a long time I have felt sorry to use the pretty papers in my stash, but I have come to realise that there will always be pretty papers and I can just buy some more. As the lady that received this card is not one for to many details, I kept it clean and simple.<br />
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I only used a part of the paper, so I will be able to make a few more cards with this paper. I think it is a paper from Basic Grey, but I might be wrong.<br />
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The sentiment just say "your day", clean and simple.<br />
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I used this piece of the paper and made a bookmark for her as she loves to read. <br />
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I traced the flower on some parchment paper and just made a hole at the bottom and I then put a piece of ribbon through. I only realised this morning that I did not take a photo of the finished bookmark. <br />
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Have a great week as it is only Monday today.<br />
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Marika<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-16991247823090338772012-07-27T09:21:00.000+02:002012-07-27T09:21:12.795+02:00Forever GratefulGood Morning<br />
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I am not a crafter that often put a sentiment on a card, I prefer to leave my cards without a sentiment and then add the sentiment to the card as soon as I know who it is for and for what the occasion is.<br />
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But today's card is different, I made the card and kept on thinking that something is missing and then when I went through my stamps I found some sentiment stamps that I have not even used yet. The "forever grateful" stamp with the curls looked just right for what was missing on my card.<br />
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So here is my card. It has been a long time since I made a card without a stamped image, but my friend <a href="http://sharonskardzkorner.blogspot.com/2012/07/birthday-blessings.html">Sharon</a> posted a post with just such a card not to long ago. She reminded me that it is nice to make a change from what we regularly do. Sharon's blog is one of the blog's where I find so much inspiration and she is also the person that helped me to start my own blog.<br />
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A close up of the sentiment. The stamp is from Kaisercraft. I do not own a lot of sentiment stamps, so maybe it is time I rectify that.<br />
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The paper is from First Edition Paper - Family Ties. I added some gems to the centre of the flowers.<br />
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I am busy working on a Christmas card (for the past 2 weeks), but I am finding it difficult to get it done, it seems that there are some stuff missing (maybe I need some Christmas mojo), so I keep on moving it back, to the side. I really hope that I can finish it this weekend.<br />
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Thank you for visiting and I hope that you will all have a very pleasant weekend.<br />
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Marika.<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-4115187572587044932012-07-26T08:39:00.000+02:002012-07-26T08:39:53.567+02:00Design TeamGood Morning<br />
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I am so very excited this morning. I have been asked to be on a Design Team. I am just over the moon.<br />
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Charlie from <a href="http://abccrafts.blogspot.com/">ABC Crafts</a> is not just a lady that sells craft goods at very, very good prices, she is also a very dear friend. I miss her so much as she is living in Pretoria, where I used to live before I moved down to Cape Town, I used to visit her at least once a month to see all the new craft goods she got in as well as to escape from the hectic live of full time work, being a wife and mom to 2 pre-schoolers. My visit to her used to be my one day that I shifted all my responsibilities on to my dear hubby and I could spend a day chatting and doing what I absolutely love, just for myself. But ever since my move to Cape Town, end March 2012, I have not seen her again. We do chat over the phone ever so often, but it is still not the same. <br />
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Charlie, I miss you very, very much!!!!<br />
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And now I have been asked to be on her Design Team, it is such a honour, not just because it is for her but also because this is the first time I have been asked to be on a Design Team.<br />
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So watch this space.<br />
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Please visit her <a href="http://www.abccrafts.co.za/">Shop</a> to see the goodies that she sells.<br />
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Thank you and have a very nice day.<br />
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Hugs,<br />
Marika<br />
<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-35914512594071468162012-07-16T09:26:00.000+02:002012-07-16T09:26:58.093+02:00Christmas in JulyGood Morning<br />
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A warm welcome to my new followers, I do appreciate the fact that you have decided to follow me.<br />
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Today I would like to share my Christmas in July card that I made. This is the first time ever that I have made a Christmas card this early in the year, maybe that is a sign that I will be making some more and that this year I will send all my friends and family cards that I have made myself.<br />
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Because most of our belongings are still stored, I could not find one piece of paper in the stash that I have with me that had a Christmas feel, so here is my improvised card. I used traditional red and green to bring the Christmas feel over. <br />
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I have also used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the green paper, I have actually forgotten how much fun embossing can be.<br />
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This is a close-up of Tilda with Hellebore's.<br />
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I have just Googled the flower <a href="https://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=hellebore+flowers&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=643&wrapid=tlif134242115063610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Hr0DUPz1CYXDhAeHxfmBCA#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=hellebore+flowers&oq=hellebore+flowers&gs_l=img.12..0j0i5i24l3.1544.1544.3.2821.1.1.0.0.0.0.643.643.5-1.1.0...0.0...1c.FYyUnO8Hn30&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=d54be859e315d7bf&biw=1366&bih=643">Hellebore's</a> and found that the flower is mostly white and then in shades of pinks, purples, greens and maroon. Now I am wondering, is it okay to colour them in the colour of our choice, to suite our colour theme of our card?<br />
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I would love to know what your comment about the above question is, so please leave me a comment.<br />
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I will be entering this card in the following challenges:<br />
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1. <a href="http://simplymagnolia.blogspot.com/2012/07/embossing-challenge.html">Simply Magnolia - Embossing challenge</a><br />
2. <a href="http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-140-its-christmas.html">Totally Gorjuss Challenge - Christmas</a><br />
3. <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RSA/photos/album/1637493760/pic/list">Rubber Stamping in South Africa July Challenge - Chrismas</a><br />
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Thank you and have a great day.<br />
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Hugs,<br />
Marika<br />
<br />Marikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-64380932147166908562012-07-09T12:36:00.000+02:002012-07-09T12:36:43.723+02:00Cards made with a freebieGood Afternoon<br />
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I love buying card making magazines especially if they have a freebie that comes with the magazine. Now in South Africa we do not have a magazines that focuses on card making alone (not any that I now of in any case), there are however very nice magazines that is "imported" to South Africa from other countries. They do however only arrive about 2 months after they have been released in the country of origin. Now the specific magazines I am talking about is the British magazines like <a href="http://papercraftinspirations.themakingspot.com/">Papercraft Inspirations</a>, Papercraft Essentials, Simply Cards and Papercrafts etc.<br />
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So like I mentioned, I love these magazines as there is always a free gift with the magazine. Today I want to show you some cards that I made with my freebie that I received with the latest <br />
Papercraft Inspiration (June issue here in South Africa - the August issue is already available offer there) issue that I bought about a week ago. I just fell in love with the "Me to You" chipboard collection and paper stack. The first few cards that I made I stuck to their suggestions.<br />
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Sorry about the amount of photo's, but I so enjoyed making these. <br />
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Have a fabulous day.<br />
Hugs,<br />
MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-59536429890849291642012-07-05T12:03:00.000+02:002012-07-05T12:03:20.676+02:00Ribbon Tilda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I would like to share a card with you that I made with one of my very first Tilda stamps. Ribbon Tilda. Tilda is coloured with my beloved copic markers and the papers that is accompanying Tilda is from Bo Bunny and it is the Smoochable collection.</div>
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A close-up of Tilda.</div>
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Thank you for taking the time to read my very quick post. Have a great day.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-73975927078237259372012-06-29T08:45:00.000+02:002012-06-29T08:45:07.606+02:00Totally Gorjuss - Something yellowGood Morning<br />
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I have made a new card and I would like to share it with you. I made this card for the <a href="http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/06/challenge-137-something-yellow.html">Totally Gorjuss - something yellow</a>, challenge. The challenge was to make a card using yellow. So here is my take on it.<br />
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I used the Edwin wants a hug stamp from Magnolia. The papers I used came as a gift with a magazine. This stack came from the Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine and the paper stack is called "Travel light" from We R Memory Keepers. I just love this stack of papers it is ideal for boy/men cards.<br />
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A close up of Edwin. I used my Copics to colour Edwin.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-47286112866323521722012-06-29T08:21:00.002+02:002012-06-29T08:21:50.361+02:00Copic Marker Europe - Magnolia CandyGood Morning<br />
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I would just like to mention that there is a fantastic Candy give away on the <a href="http://copicmarkereurope.blogspot.com/2012/06/magnolia-candy-2.html">Copic Marker Europe Blog</a> they have a week long raffle where you can win a Magnolia Doohickey. Pleasse click on the above link and visit them and see what it is all about. Today is already day 2 of the give away.<br />
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MarikaMarikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01807173122494945819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3581926483772309447.post-35981680788575687572012-06-25T14:49:00.001+02:002012-06-25T14:49:14.257+02:00Totally Gorjuss Challange - HoildayGood Afternoon<br />
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The weekend is over and we are at the beginning of a new week. Here in South Africa the schools have closed for a 3 week holiday. For me this is the first holiday since I have decided to stop to work and the kids are at home during the holidays. Hopefully we will not drive each other insane. The one good thing about this is that since it is winter here, we can all laze around in our PJ's and we can change and leave the house, if and when we are ready to.<br />
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But now I would like to show you a card that I made last week. I actually made this card for a challenge, but I think that I am to late to actually take part, but I will link the post in any case.<br />
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The challenge was to make a card with a holiday theme and what better Magnolia stamp than Tilda goes fishing (or at least from the Magnolias that I own). <a href="http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/06/challenge-136-holiday.html">Totally Gorguss Challange - Holiday</a><br />
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I used watercolour pencils to colour this image, had some real fun using them for a change. I am going to make an effort to use the pencils and copics alternatively.<br />
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The holiday sentiment did not come out precisely as planned, I did not stick it down onto the card before I added the glossy accent.<br />
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