Your day

Good Morning

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The sentiment just say "your day", clean and simple.

I used this piece of the paper and made a bookmark for her as she loves to read. 

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.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.  If it is your first time to visit, please become a follower and leave a comment.

Have a great week as it is only Monday today.

Hugs,
Marika

Forever Grateful

Good Morning

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.

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.

So here is my card.  It has been a long time since I made a card without a stamped image, but my friend Sharon 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.

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.

The paper is from First Edition Paper - Family Ties.  I added some gems to the centre of the flowers.

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.

Thank you for visiting and I hope that you will all have a very pleasant weekend.

Hugs,
Marika.

Design Team

Good Morning

I am so very excited this morning.  I have been asked to be on a Design Team.  I am just over the moon.

Charlie from ABC Crafts 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. 

Charlie, I miss you very, very much!!!!

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.

So watch this space.

Please visit her Shop to see the goodies that she sells.

Thank you and have a very nice day.

Hugs,
Marika