Summer Flower Tilda

 

Good Morning

 

I hope that you are all doing well and that you have recovered from the hectic start to the year, it seemed that every person I spoke to have had a very busy start to 2013.  Saying that I cannot believe that we are in February already.

 

Today I want to share a card that I made about 2 weeks ago, today is the first time that I actually have time to sit in front of the computer to type up a post.

 

This is Summer Flower Tilda, I stamped her on Kraft paper and then coloured her with some water coloured pencils.  It was nice to use them for a change.

 

 



I added allot of flowers, it seemed fitting as she is called Summer Flower Tilda.

A close-up of my Tilda, is she not a beauty.

For a change I added a sentiment with some flower brads to complete it.

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Have an awesome day.

Hugs,
Marika

New Years Resolution - FAILED!!!!

Good Morning

Firstly I would like to welcome my new followers, I love having new followers and I love reading your comments.

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). 

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.

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.

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 Sharon, thank you so much, I love all my goodies.

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.

I love this little stamp, I know that I will use it a lot in the coming day.

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.

I greet you from a sunny Cape Town and wish you a pleasant day.

Hugs,
Marika

Pewter Card

 

Good Afternoon

 

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).

 

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.

 

A close-up of the Pewter topper.

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).

So seeing as I will be chatting and posting more frequently from next year, I will say goodbye for now and "see" you later.

Hugs,
Marika