Digistamps4Joy - Challenge #148

wonderful

ˈwʌndəfʊl,ˈwʌndəf(ə)l/

adjective

1. inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.

   "they all think she's wonderful"

   
   

   
   

Hey there,  

my word for the year is wonderful and I am so, living up to my choice of word. 

Maybe it is a state of mind but usually round this time of the year I fall into one of my dark pits, caused by Mothers's Day and the passing of my wonderful mum a week later.

But this year there is something different in my spirit.  I don't have that deep sense of grief but a sort of peace.  I had been holding onto the grief and have finally let it go. 

This card is dedicated to my mum who has her wings. I know she watches over me and I hope I am the woman she would have wanted me to be..   

The Digi I used is called heart wings and the sentiment I used is called Mom wings. Quite pertinant, I think!

The image was cut on my Silhouette and I re-assembled it with some layers. I tucked yellow roses and arum lilies in as these were her favourite flowers.  This is how the page started .......

....... but then it sort of morphed into this and will be part of a larger canvas, which I will share on another occasion.

For those who still have mums, treasure them.

For those who are mums, nuture the memories

chat later

W

Challenge #145 I Love You | DigiStamps4Joy

Isn't February wonderful, it's the month of love and

 also the month I celebrate my wedding anniversary.

For  Challenge #145 I used a new release in the 

DS4J store by Jen Leefleng.

Flower Frame jl871

I used my Silhouette to trace the image.  I used Aquarelle pencils

to colour the image (still learning - haven't got it right yet!),

cut out the frame and layered it with coloured cardstock and used 

the Cuttlebug to emboss the white cardstock.

chat soon and remember to keep creating...
take care
Wilna

Digi-stamps

hi all

To say that the past few months have passed in a flash and a blur seems such an excuse but its so true.

I have been lucky enough to be creating lots of different beauties across a variety of crafts

My DT projects for Digi-Stamps4joy continue to stretch and inspire my creativity.

My favourite by far is this christmas bauble that I created from this giraffe digi-stamp

 for Challenge #143 ATG + Holidays

Giraffe Christmas Hat

I used my Silhouette to cut the image from vinyl and adhered the giraffe to a clear bubble.

This mechanobug for Challenge #142 below was coloured with greys and silvers with some enamel dots for detail

I used the teapot cottage to create this pretty Happy Birthday card.

I used my Silhouette to draw and cut this hydrangea bouquet.  I stencilled the background with embossing paste and coloured with some sprays. 

These digi-stamps are all available at Digistamps4joy online store.

'til next time

keep being creative

W

DigiStamp4Joy - big news

Life has thrown me some strange curve balls these past few months.  But as they say, change is inevitable and we must move forward so this I am doing and my August started with a big bang.  I was invited to join the team at DigiStamps4Joy!! I was very surprised and am honoured to join this team.  I am not a huge card maker and stamping frustrates the heck out of me as I always make a huge mess....but Digi stamps are perfect for me.  No mess, no fuss.

Coz, I am not so clever yet with colouring in, I decided to make a card using paper piecing.  I downloaded the lovebirds, and started playing.
The theme for August is Anything goes with a touch of summer and I used some of my favourite scraps.  The one range is Lemonade from Bo-bunny (wish I had bought a ton of it) and the other range is from Kaiser Kraft.  I made a little video for you on the details I put on the card.

I also made a quick envelope from standard bond paper and decorated it using a doily as a stencil.

until next time

keep being creative

W

Chasing Rainbows Blog hop

Hello there

We are chasing Rainbows this July and the blog hop starts on 10 July  and will close on 20 July. That’s TEN full days of catching rainbows across our blogs! 

Each lady will design and showcase their card along with a quick tutorial on the making of their masterpiece. Some blogs will offer a surprise crafty gift too! This blog hop is going to be full of surprises and oh so much fun!

Here’s what you need to do, visit all blogs, click follow and leave a comment then go back to Sharen's blog and tell her what you loved about each blog and you could win load of craft treats! 

Since this is not a sponsored Blog Hop,  the ladies will be using products from a range of suppliers, join in the fun and learn new techniques while making new friends! 

I am number 8 on the hop and you should have arrived here via Valerie, if you haven't, then, please go back to The Girl with the Tape Runner to get to the start of the blog hop.

I am still battling with a broken wrist so rustled up a very quick card using the Bo Bunny

Lemonade Stand range.  This is a tri-fold card with a bit of a twist.

How I made this card - 

Cut Double sided card stock cut 20cm x 30cm

Mark and score at 10 and 20 cm 

Fold the card stock over.

Decorate with Butterflies and add a journal card

Now pop on over to Marie Smith and complete the blog hop 

Please leave me a comment and one lucky lady will receive a loaded Pocket letter from me.

'til next time

have a craftylicious week

Wilna

PS here is the full list of blog stops

1  The Girl with a Tape Runner https://thegirlwithataperunner.wordpress.com/

2   Helen Duffett http://firenzecards.blogspot.co.za/    

3    Marika Schuman http://dingetjies-en-datjies.blogspot.co.za/?m=1

4     Margaret Kieser http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/  

5     Ansu Badenhorst http://theivytreestudio.blogspot.co.za     

6     Sharon Keanly http://sharonskardzkorner.blogspot.co.za/

7    Valerie Ann Thorpe http://valbellesramblings.blogspot.co.za/

8   Wilna Cremer  http://scrappinpreciousmoments.blogspot.co.za

9     Marie Smith  https://www.purplemagnolia.co.za/blogs/news

Pretty Boxes | Ivytree Studio  

‘all the flowers of tomorrow are the seeds of yesterday and today’

I am visiting my Dad and his wife this week-end and she is from a gracious age where notes are still written by hand. I decided to make her a few cute cards & tags and put them into a pretty box. I used Ivytree Studio sheet #163/8 to make the boxes and used a box template I had downloaded from the Silhouette Store.

The boxes are about 7,5cm x 7,5cm big and a bit smaller than I envisaged so the cards & tags turned into mini ones!

So the above box looks ok but not really pretty enough for my liking, so I took it one step further and added some quills and a guinea fowl feather.  I actually went a bit crazy with the feathers today!!

I am not a great fan of orange but really, really enjoyed working with this shade (#171/21) from the Seize the Day collection, and of course I couldn't resist making a flower.  I cut a few scalloped circles (ok …I cheated, my Silhouette cut them), cut into the circles, to create multiple petals, curled the petals and created a sort of ‘everlasting’ flower.

Then, just because I can, I created a totally over the top, box topper with pink feathers and the flower die-cuts from the Wild & Free collection (#163/10).  I used dimensional glaze on the edges of the petals and sprinkled with glitter to add some extra sparkle.

I created 3 little cards (7cm x 7cm) and decorated them with elements from the Cute Cuts sheet (#163/15).  

The tags are 7cm squares and again I decorated with the Cute Cuts. 

The absolutely great thing about Ivytree Studio paper is that the range is so versatile and user friendly and they 
mix and match so beautifully.

Here is a little tip:- I used my zigzag scissors to cut around these flowers to save some fussy cutting time, after chalking it looks great. See the result on the tag above.

The papers I used for this project:

Seize the Day

#171/15

#171/21

Wild & Free

#163/08

#163/10

#163/14

#163/16

additional supplies used:

• dimensional glaze
• Distress glitter
• ribbon
• white card stock
• chalks
• Tombow
• feathers

Visit Ivytree Studio to see more of what our awesome designers are up to: www.ivytreestudio.co.za

Buy some of their pretty paper here 

Connect with the team on their Facebook page here. 

Share your Ivytree Studio layouts with us here 

Hoping you have a lovely creative month.

'til next time

Tri-fold card - Scrap-a-Doodles September DT

Hello there, hope you have all had a lovely week and been able to carve out some creative time for yourselves.  I attempted a tri-fold card for the first time and I don't think my effort was to bad.

 I used the BoBunny Madeleine collection.

take care and be creative
W

Enmarc Spring Blog Hop

Enmarc Spring 2012 Blog HopI'm so happy that you have decided to join us for the Enmarc Spring 2012 Blog Hop!  For those of you who are new to the site, Enmarc is a relatively new Social Network where a wonderful group of scrapbookers encourage and motivate each other in our love for scrapping! New sketches are posted once a challenge is finished and sample Layouts are uploaded by members to provide inspiration to all. Enmarc sponsors all the challenges where you can win an awesome prize for each challenge entered.Our forum contains Tutorials, Tips & Tricks and General Discussions.   We believe we have one of the friendliest communities of scrappers on the web, and are so glad that you have decided to check us out during our blog hop!

And now, a little bit about this blog hop: 
The Enmarc Spring 2012 Blog Hop starts Saturday 1^st September 2012 and runs until 11:59 pm South African time on Sunday 30^th September 2012.  That’s right it runs for a whole month.There are 8 Design Team, Contributing Design Team members and Administrators from Enmarc hosting the blog hop. They will each have a Challenge for you to do and a prize that you can win. Also some of the hosts of the group do not have a Blog, but their challenges will be posted together with all the other challenges on the Enmarc Social Site as well as on their Facebook pages, so make sure you befriend them on Facebook.Not only do you have a chance to win a prize for each challenge you enter, but if you complete and post an entry for EVERY challenge along the blog hop by 30^th September 2012, you're name will be entered into a random draw for a wonderful prize supplied by Enmarc CraftsOn every blog in the hop you must become a follower and leave a little love (a comment) for the host.Okay, are you ready to start the Enmarc Spring Blog Hop? 

Challenge 7 :If you came here from Rene’s Blog , then you are in the right place, if not pop back to Alma’s blog for the hop order. When I saw this range of Websters page, the girlie girl in me popped out and I simply had to create this card,  It is all about shoes and pretty clothes { just what every woman wants]

So my Challenge for you, is to create a card using a minimum of 3 pattern papers  and to use at least ONE Enmarc Chippies (Whiteboard/chipboard products) and a hand made flower. 

Here’s a link to the tutorial that inspired me to make the side-step card 

And here is the card I created

Specific Challenge 7 [CH7] Rules:

1.  Be sure that you use at least TWO Enmarc whiteboard/chipboard products and name them in the comment section when you post your layout to the gallery.

2.  Please leave  a comment here on my blog and tell me what style of scrapper you are and where you draw your inspiration from

3.  Upload a photo of your layout/project to the Enmarc Gallery : http://enmarc.ning.com/photo

4.  You must tag your layout correctly in order for it to be entered into the challenge.

 For my challenge, my tag would be:  SPR2012,CH7.   NO space between SPR and 2012, separated by a comma and then the challenge number with no space either.

5.  Come back to my Blog and provide a link to your layout in the Enmarc gallery - Highlight the information in the URL (address bar at the top of the page where your LO is after you have posted it to the gallery) right click the highlighted address and click ‘copy’ then back to my blog and in the comments section, right click again and click ‘paste’ and post the comment so I know that you have posted your LO in the gallery

6. I will randomly select one person who completed Challenge 7 to receive the candy I am offering. Draw will be done not later than 3 October 2012

Ok now it’s time to make your final stop, so hop on over to the final stop – Yvette's blog.  I am really hoping you have had lots of fun and received plenty of inspiration
Have a scrapilicious month

`W