I am so tired!

I woke up early this morning with a mission. To clean my craft room. What a job! It took me more than 8 hours and I am only now starting to see the difference. How did I allow it to get into such a mess? I always clean up after every project, but it is just a superficial tidying. Today everything was unpacked, sorted and repacked. It was one of those jobs that seemed like a good idea when you start, but then turns into a really bad idea when you are halfway because you can't stop and you don't want to go on. LOL I am so glad I perservered because now everything is super clean and I know where everything is. My back is aching, but my soul is rejoicing.
Although I didn't actually make anything today I still have two more cards to show you.

They are both Sugar Nellie stamps coloured with my Copics. The Cardstock for both is Bazzil. Dp for the first card is Basic Grey and a piece from my scrapbox. Ribbon is from my stash and the flowers are Prima. I cut the image out with a Nestie and matted it. I added some stickles to the snowflakes and some Flowersoft to the little girl's coat.

Hope you can see the Flowersoft and Stickles on the close up photo.

The second card is a very simple card. The dp is from a paperstack by DCWV and Making Memories. The ribbon is from my stash.

Hope you all enjoyed the closing ceremony of the World Cup. Makes me proud to be a South African! I am rooting for Holland tonight, so lets hope they can actually pull it off. Enjoy the game and have a great week!

Secret crafter Saturday Challenge.

Lots of firsts today. First time I am taking part in the Secret crafter Saturday Challenge (http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com), first time ever I made an apperture card and the first time I am using one of KennyK's images (don't you just love those images? I think I might just have to buy them all! LOL) Almost forgot - its the first time I flipped a digi image on the computer. ( don't laugh, for somebody my age and with my level of computer skills, its quite an achievement!)
Here is my card. Must say, I am quite pleased with myself with this one. The image is a Kenny K digi that I coloured with my Copics. Cardstock is Bazzil and the Dp is the Bo Bunny Peacock Lane series of papers. I cut the appertures with my Making Memories circle cutter (I just knew I would use it one day!) Ribbon is from my stash and the flower is a prima rose.

Here is a view from the inside. Not a very good photo, but you get the idea. I flipped the image, coloured both and stuck them back to back so that you don't see the back of the image when you open the card,

Have a great weekend everybody, I have decided that I would much rather watch South Africa play Soccer than Rugby - at least Bafana do not embarrass us as much as the Bokke did this morning. What happened? 32 - 12 loss against the All Blacks!! No, not cool at all!

I will be rooting for Holland tomorrow! Hope they win, but then again, if Spain wins, it will not destroy me. Hoping Germany beats the cheating Urugay team tonight. Then there is still the Tour de France to watch too - I think there is going to be very little crafting today!

I seem to be stuck on Mo and Sugar Nellie.

Boy cards are not really my forte, but I love these boy images from Mo. They remind me of most teenagers I know.
I am busy with an online Copic colouring class and my homework was to colour with a green combo and to colour something black. What do you think? Making progress I'd say, but still a long way from perfect.
Image was coloured with my Copics. His skateboard was enhanced with Dimensional Magic.Cardstock is Bazzil and the dp is Basic Grey and a scrap piece from my scrapbox. Image was cut out with a Nestie and chalked around the edges. Velvet ribbon and buttons are from my stash

I fell in love with these Gorjuss girls the first time I saw them online and I was so happy to FINALLY find them locally. Did the practise black hair (not sure I like it).
Cardstock is Bazzil and dp is from a Basic Grey paperstack. The flowers are Prima and from my stash. The heart pins are white ones that I coloured with a copic.

Have a great Thursday.

Another one of Mo's Fairies.

I seem to be stuck on Mo's fairies lately, but they are just so beautiful!

The cardstock is Bazzil and the beautiful Dp is from a local South African company, Fab Scraps. The image was coloured with Copics and the wings were glitterified as usual. The ribbon is from my stash and the roses are Prima. Even though the big rose already had glitter on its petals, I added some more stickles and covered it in aqua glitter to go with the dp. I used another new Martha Stewart punch for the border.

I have had the grandchildren over for a sleepover on Friday last week and Luke has steadfastly refused to go home since. Nice to know that you are wanted!

Happy Spidermouse Birthday and I don't know, what do you think?

Good morning everybody. The last week of the holidays is just flying past at the speed of white light. There is so much I still wanted to do, but it doesn't look like it is going to get done. Leaving just now to teach an extra lesson (What was I thinking? It sounded like a good idea when I agreed to give the lesson, but now I am not so sure. Giving up 6 hours of my holiday for free? Just because I love my girls and want them to do well in the exam? Gotta be crazy!)
I wanted to show you the party favours I made for my daughter's friend's little boy who turned 2 on Saturday. He loves Spiderman, but because Spiderman is not the latest craze, mom could not find anything in the stores. My children have this faith that their mother can do anything, so I got the call and she told me that she promised her friend that I would make something for the party and that I was on holiday anyway, so I definately wouldn't mind. How could I refuse? Only problem was - I do not own any Spiderman stamps. Then I remembered the Whiff of Joy Freebie digi of Henry Spidermouse and I knew that he would be perfect for a 2yo.

I made the party favours, using the same template I found on the WOJ tutorial blog and made a birthday card too while I was at it. The little ones loved Henry, in fact the birthday boy has asked for a mouse as a pet.

The card and boxes used Bazzil cardstock and the dp is Fab Scraps, a local company. Henry was coloured with my Copics and cut out with a Nestie, his eyes were given the dimentional glaze treatment. The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment was hand written. Very simple, but I love the outcome.

Here is a photo of some of the boxes I made.( I know the ribbons look terrible, but the boxes still had to be filled and then tied for the last time - I did tie them neatly and cut the ends, I promise) I could not fit them all on the photo.

Now on to the next card and the 'I don't know" bit. This card uses an image by Mo Manning. I just love her fairies. My helper asked me to make her granddaughter a catd for her birthday. The instruction was that it had to be a fairy dressed in yellow and it had to be an African Fairy. Now I have never actually coloured ethnic skin, so I really battled with this one. I think there must have been about five or six that never made it onto a card but ended up in the bin. My helper loved it, but I still don't know if I like her. What do you think? Stay away from darker skin tone, or keep trying? Have you got any advice on which colours to use?

The image is Mo Manning, as I said. She was coloured with Copics and her wings were glitterified. The Cardstock is Bazzil and the dp is from a K&co paperstack. The flower, brad and ribbon is from my stash.

Have a great Tuesday and think of me. teaching in the holidays!

Just Magnolia Criss Cross card.

This is the first time I have made a Criss Cross card, but I am pretty sure it will not be the last time. The challenge over at Just Magnolia (http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com) is to make one of these. I used my Tilda that I recieved as part of the blog candy that I won.
The Cardstock is all Bazzil and the Dp is from Queen of Hearts, a local company. I used my Copics to colour the image . The ribbon and heart pins are from my stash. I cut the tab with a Nestie and the heart trim was cut with my new Martha Stewart punch.

The back of the insert was left plain to write a message.

This is what the card looks like without the Tilda insert.

A closer look at the flower corner. Flowers are Prima and the big rose was pulled off an old card. The buds were bought locally. The feathers are from my stash.

We have just come back from a lovely Sunday lunch. Hope your Sunday is as pleasant as mine, just a little warmer. Happy 4th of July to all American friends and a very happy birthday to my cousin, Luna.

Well done to all whose teams have made it to the semi-finals of the Soccer World Cup. Looks like its going to be a Germany - Netherlands final!

My first Sugar Nellie stamp.

Happy Friday to you all! I had a lovely week and a fantastic day. I spent the morning with my daughter and grandchildren at the craft expo at Emperors Palace. Spent way too much money, but had fun anyway. Now we are waiting for the Soccer to begin. Brazil vs Netherland this afternoon (go Netherland!) and Ghana vs Uruguay(or Chile? I forgot, but go Ghana anyway!)
A few days ago I headed off to our local PNA and while I was driving there, I happened to spot a new craft shop advertising 'imported stamps'. Imagine my delight when I went in and found some lovely Sugar Nellies hanging there! I could not just leave them hanging there in this cold now, could I?

The challenge on the Sugar Bowl Challenge blog is a sketch this week. (http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-38-judys-sketch.html ) I used my Copics to colour the image. All Cardstock is Bazzil and the dp is Making Memories. I really like how this card turned out.