Congratulations sweetie!

This card is for my hubbie. Last May he did a lot of work: painting the house, reschedule a piece of the garden. One thing has to be done: the pond! But for now he may rest for a while lol.

Here is a closer look:

The image is Lily of the Valley, the swirls from Sizzix, ribbon from some market place.

Coloured with Twinkling H2O's and watercolourpencils.

Cardstock is Bazzil Basics and ColorCore: The Chocolate Box

The DP is from a DCWV pad: Natural

A peek at the inside: The sentiment (by Artemio) says:

Congratulations on your birthday!

Thank you for stopping by!

Whiff of Joy and Red, White, Blue and Orange

A cheerful card this time. Cheerful because of the colours, red, white, blue and orange, the colours of our flag of The Netherlands. The card is made for someone who lives in Australia for a couple of years, she studies in Melbourne. I figured she needed some national cheering up!!

The image is Whiff of Joy, dancing Willow, coloured with watercolourpencils. The DP is Pipoos glitter scrapbookpaper. A bow, some pearls and a brad (balloon) finishes it.

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Extra Special Lili of the Valley blogcandy

Candy is now closed

There is an extra blogcandy for grabs at Lili of the Valley!

1st June is the date for a febulous new release from Lili of the Valley. 12 new designs.
It expires 29th May.

Read all about it on their blog!!

Mother's Day

Hi, welcome to my blog!

Today's card I made for my mom. As a matter of fact: the girl in the picture IS my mom! She is about 8 years old just before the war of 1940. Isn't she lovely oldfashioned :)?

I digitised an old photo, cut it and placed it on scaps of paper. The outer circle is by Marianne Design, then a nestability with scallop. Some flowers, branches, lace, a butterfly and some beads, finishes it.

Here is a little close up:

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Welcome home

I made this mini card for my neighbours who came home after 4 weeks of holidays in OZ. They left their cat in my care, so I thought this would be nice as a welcome home card.
With a white gellyroll pen (by Sakura) I made faux stitches, and the cat is in 3D.

Here is a closer look:

The front and back are a W. As you can see I have a stamp to personalize my cards:



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Hugs,

Faux Leather Wallet

Hi everyone,

I had to make a gift card for a very special lady. I came across Bev's and Whiff of Joy Challengeblog, saw a very inspiring photo of one made by Jane and finally found a tutorial at Splitcoasterstampers.

Here is my attempt on making one:

I used my Cuttlebugfolder: bubbles to create the outside (I used glimmer cardstock), the inside DP is by Eskimo kisses, the ribbon was bought at a marketplace, the buckles came from a lowbudgetstore in the Netherlands: Xenos.

For the first time, I sewed paper with my sewingmachine(amazing!) I set an eyelet and ran a piece of waxed cottonstring (Rayer) through. A brad is holding the string.

To complete the gift card I made a fitting card

with a sentiment by Marianne Design (in Dutch it says Congrats) and

a butterfly by Hobby & Caftingfun.

Thank you for stopping by and

don't forget to leave me a comment on this one!

Hugs,

Lili of the Valley

Hello everyone,
Cards for men are the worst! I know everyone struggles with a male card and I am no different! I thought this image could do the trick. I first saw it a while ago at Bev's, she is a miracle worker with stamps! The image came from Lili of the Valley also known as LOTV.

The green waxed cottonstring is by Rayer,

buttons from stash, the rhinestones are by Joy! Crafts

The DP is again by Marianne Design -

Pretty Paper Bloc - Springtime, love those papers!

Here is a close-up:


Here is a peek at the inside:

The sentiment is Artemio, which is cut out with a label by Spellbinders.
Let me know what you think of this male card.
Thank you for stopping by!