Green & Blue again

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, my niece asked for a green and blue card, so this is the second of her two green and blue cards she'll be getting - if you ask shall receive ;-)

I made this card for my mom to give to my niece, and it took me forever to come up with the layout, does it show - hehehe..... I know my '9' is not too clear, but I actually liked it that way. I didn't want it to stand out too much, otherwise it overpowers everything else about the card.

I coloured this little Magnolia with my prismacolor pencils and blended it with Sansador. I cut the image out and then mounted it on 3D dots. The blue mat was out lined with a silver pen. I had to do something to break the blue on blue.

That's it for the weekend, can't believe it is Monday again tomorrow. So sad, but at least if the time goes by quickly it means I get nearer and nearer to summer - whoooohooo - can't wait!!!

Mother's day was good today. I managed to make breakfast without burning anything. My mom loved her cards, and her gift, which was a CD of a local Afrikaans singer, called Theuns Jordaan. I'm pretty sure none of you have ever heard of him, he does have some good songs.

Off to bed I go... till next time, have a great week.

My very first sketch

Finally I managed to make a card based on a sketch. I always love it when I see sketches and even save them to a special folder called 'sketches', lol! But I have never used one. Somehow, things just never want to workout. Even this card is not exactly the same as the sketch. I thought they were supposed to make our lives easier. Maybe it's just me! Anyhow, if you wanna try it, this is where I found the sketch, and check Bev's gorgeous cards while you're there.

This little image was one of the many I coloured without having paper in mind. Fortunately it did not take me too long to find something to match these two cuties.

I coloured the image with my lyras and blended it with Sansador. All the cut outs where done with nesties, aren't they just the best thing since sliced bread.

I think the image is meant for Easter, but this is way tooooooo late for that, and besides, who says you can only kiss a bunny at Easter. If I had a bunny I would kiss it everyday, just like I do my dogs ;-)

I added a flower to the card, but removed it again. I think it looks better without it. Although I still think something is missing.... oh well, this is how it will stay now. I have spent a long time with this card and am now moving on to some colouring.

Winter is really upon us today. It is not pleasant at all, and I have been trying to keep active to not freeze to death. Interesting how making cards instead of sitting on the couch can actually keep a person's blood flowing.

Have a great week ahead. Hopefully I'll find some time to make some new creations.

Another Magnolia

I'm so sad, I've got to go to work tomorrow. After having the last 6 days off, I am so not in the mood, thank goodness Friday is another public holiday.

I coloured this magnolia just for fun and again did not chose paper before hand. It was a bit of a struggle to find something that matches and I have more images which are coloured without paper in mind, so the battle will continue a little while longer.

No sentiment on this card, cause it doesn't really have a 'home', it's just something I coloured and have now decided to make into a card. My mother complained and said I must make something with brighter colours, that she's tired of she's all the autumn colours I'm using all the time. Does she not realise that it IS autumn, and it does get me down :-))

This card was also coloured with my Lyras and blended with Sansador. Please excuse my yellow hair, but I could not get it close to blonde. Hopefully next time.

The image is mounted on 3D dots and on nestibilities cut outs. I really do love the nestabilities dies, I cannot imagine making a card now without them.

That's it for now. I must run downstairs and turn the water off, I'm filling the pool and have for the last 3 times forgotten about it! Such a stupid thing to do and I hate wasting water.

Cya all soon!

My first Magnolia

Finally I have made a card with my FAVOURITE Magnolia image. I just love this little giggling face, it is too precious.

This card has no purpose really. I just made it cause it was one of the images I coloured when I was in "colour production mode" - LOL! I saw an ad on TV and they showed a kitchen with aqua and orange ornaments, so it inspired me to do something in those colours. Again, I just coloured away not finding paper first. Again, I struggled a long time to find papers to match. In the end, this is what I came up with, and the idea of little Tilda sitting in the window, I got from none other than Paula, go see her gorgeous card.

This image was coloured with my lyras and blended with sansador. The window frame was embossed in my cuttlebug template, sorry I don't recall the name.

Today was luckily a day with no events, unlike yesterday, where I chipped my front tooth by knocking it with my toothbrush (it was quite a hard knock), then I spelt Goodbye wrong on a card I was so happy to have finished, and finally, cause there has to be a third thing, I knocked my bottle of sansador over - AGAIN!

Lets hope tomorrow stays uneventful too. Yeahhhhhh we have another public holiday tomorrow. And Friday coming too.... whoooohoooo. It's so nice a 3 day work week.

Oh Debbi - Goodbye it Totsiens in Afrikaans - so no luck there, but thanks for trying to find a good excuse for my stupidity ;-)

I'm off to make something warm to drink - I'm cold :-(( I hate winter! Hehehe.... moaning again.