Mojo Monday.

A very good Monday to all. I have had a wonderful, but very tiring weekend. It was our annual family reunion and my brother, sister and I were responsible for the arrangements this year. Very stressful, but worth it in the end. We decided to get together for only a day this year, because most of us are a bit strapped for cash in this economic climate. In spite of the fact that there were two weddings on the same day, we still had about 75 people at the reunion and everybody that was there had a fantastic time. My son in law (born and bred in Manchester) attended his first one as part of our family and walked away with the trophy for the best "potjie"! Not every day an Englishman wins such a very traditional Afrikaans cooking competition. He has not let that trophy out of his sight.
On Sunday the whole staff went to a show in honour of our school's secretary that is retiring after 35 years at our school. She is an amazing woman who knows all 850 girls in the school by name! We all love her and I don't know if we will ever be able to find anybody to replace her. All of those things meant that there was no crafting this weekend, so I just had to do something this afternoon when I got home.
This card is based on the sketch over at Mojo Monday (http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ ) Such a fun sketch to work with. The image is a freebie from TLC ( http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/ ) I printed it directly onyo the dp by Making Memories and then coloured it with my Copic markers. The other dp is from Bo Bunny and the cardstock is from Bazzil. The ribbon and lace is from my stash. I cut the mat out with a Nestie. The sentiment was stamped with Versa ink and embossed in gold.

Here is a close up of the image. Hoping you can see the glitter on her wings and on the dp.

Have a great week everybody. See you very soon.

Yet another box!

WARNING: Lots of photo's!
Three posts in one day - that must be some kind of a record for me! LOL What can I say, I am feeling so much better and I am on a roll, why stop now? I am really getting into this whole box thing, its addictive. I find myself looking at the most random thins and thinking, hmmm... could I make a box for that? This one is a gift for a friend. It was her birthday last week and she absolutely loves giving cards, so I thought this would be the perfect gift.
I have had this idea in my head ever since I first saw this image by Mo, I wanted to make a box and make it l;ook like he was actually inside the box. Not sure of the outcome, what do you think?
Here is a picture I took of the box and all the cards that are going into it.

You have seen this angel before. I even used the same Basic Grey dp, but it is a lot smaller than the original card I made. Thats why I love digi stamps, you can resize them to fit your card and you don't have to resize your card to fit the image. All cardstock is Bazzil and all images are coloured with my Copic markers. The ribbon is from my stash. All images were cut out with Nesties.

The next image is also by Mo. I love her in the red coat don't you? The dp is from Making Memories. The fur in the stocking has some polar white Flowersoft on it and her headband was glitterified.

The next image is the same one as the one on the box lid. Papers by Making Memories. The fur on the hat has Polar White Flowersoft.

Another one of Mo's adorable angels. The trim on her dress and her wings were glitterified with Stickles. The dp is from Basic Grey.

Lastly there is this Christmas Fairy. Love her! The paper is by Bo Bunny and her wings got a liberal Stickle treatment for shine. Did you notice that I made matching envelopes for each card? I hope my friend likes her gift.

Thats me for today - I think - its only 2 o'clock and a lot can happen during the rest of the day.

See you all soon.

Exceptionaly Beautiful!

Here it is .... the project that kept me busy for such a long time. The birthday invitations for my 4yo granddaughter's birthday. In her words they are 'exceptionaly beautiful'! Nothing like a 4yo's praise to make all the work worthwhile.
The idea started brewing in my head while I was in hospital. When i got home it was the first thing I started working on and like I said, I love the end result.
The first photo is one I took of all of them lined up on my diningroom table, all 23 of them.

I had strict instructions that they had to be pink and purple.. I made exploding boxes with a ballerina in the middle. The image is a freebie that I got ages ago from Marjie's Malarkies (http://marjiesmalarkies.blogspot.com/ ) I printed her with a mirror image, coloured her with my Copic markers, cut her out and stuck her to a piece of acetate, making her stand up straight.

I used a lot of flowers at her base, just to make sure she doesn't fall over. The four sides were cut with Nesties and contains the actual invitation. They were chalked (Haven't used my chalks in years, but I like the softness it gave) and even more flowers were addded.

The lids were covered in ribbon and flowers again and a handwritten sentiment with a charm and a blingy butterfly was added,

Here is a close up of the dancing girl. This truly is the stuff little girls' dreams are made of.

The cardstock is Bazzil, dp is Melissa Francis and Bo Bunny and the flowers all come from the local Chinese dealer. The acetate is the covers they use when they copy projects at Post Net - the normal transparency was too thin for the job.

I am entering this one for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge which calls for twq are better than one. ( http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-73-twos-better-than-one.html )

Hope you like my little boxes as much as I do.

Tomorrow I will tell you about the lovely play date I had with my blogging friend Paola this morning and show you a card I made while she was here.

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!