Greeting Cards

I've been keeping myself busy by making cards - lots and lots of cards... I recently ordered some fun goodies from overseas and couldn't wait for my happy mail to arrive...  These are my first stampsets from My Favorite Things - they have the cutest stamps...  I got some dies from Lawn Fawn and another snowman stampset from Paper Smooches...  Even though we don't get snow in South Africa, i am obsessed with snowman stamps - and everything else that has anything to do with snow!!

 Once i get my stamps, i just can't help myself and i start stamping loads of images - i become like a little child again...   Then comes the colouring process - i use my Copic markers to colour...

 Once the colouring is done, i have to fussy cut all the images, and then starts the real fun part - making the actual cards...

I have listed all these cards in my Etsy Shop, if you're interested in any of these, head on over to my shop...

On a more personal note - besides spending a lot of time making cards and being creative, i've also been spending a lot of time at the BMX track...  We bought Aiden his first BMX bike and he's loving it...  We go the the track every weekend and it's amazing to see how little fear these kids have... I cringe every time he comes down the steep hill or goes over a jump - i guess only a mother can feel this way...

 

 

Sheez, this was long post - but there was lots of news i had to get out...

Enjoy and i'll be back soon with some more craftiness...
Liesl
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Weekend Party Goodies

This weekend was a busy one again - i had party goodies to finish for two different parties...

I made some party bags for the Lego party - remember i did the invitations for this party as well...

 I love how these turned out, and it looked so cute - all the beautiful bright colours together...

The second party i was working on, was a Skylanders party - i was asked to do the invitations only... We have such little resources in this country, that i had to ask my sister (who lives about a 14 hour drive from me) to go buy the PVC pouches at a shop close to her house, and send it to me in Cape Town...  I only needed 13 pouches, and if i had to buy it locally, i would have had to buy 100 minimum...  So needless to say, a lot of "effort" went into getting these pouches and making these invites...

These VIP passes also turned out super cute - such a different idea from your usual "card" invitations...

I'll be back again with some pictures of my latest cards i've been working on - will be posting these on my Etsy shop soon...

Enjoy the last little bit of the weekend - tomorrow it's back to work again...

Liesl
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Lego Party Invitations

I've been busy this weekend - i was asked by a friend of mine to make Lego party invitations for her children's birthday party...

The idea was to make an invitation to look like an actual Lego block - so we used Google to get a couple of ideas...

In the end, this is how it turned out:

 I made the invite the same size as a regular greeting card - so that we could still use a standard envelope with it...  I punched some 1 1/4" circles in the coordinating colors and adhered it to the front using foam tape...

For the inside i used a stitched die to diecut all the printed invites, mounted that onto a yellow card base and adhered it to the inside...  All the personal information has been blocked out - for obvious reasons...

For the matching envelopes i printed the same lego block image onto sticker paper and added that to the front of the envelopes...  I stamped the names using a Lawn Fawn alphabet stamp set...

I think these turned out super cute - can't wait for the actual party!!

I'll be back again soon with some more crafty goodies!!
Liesl
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Party Banners

So after months of being "missing in action" again, i've decided to post something on my blog again... I almost didn't know how to sign in - it's been such a long time since i've been on here...

I've been keeping myself very busy with loads of crafty stuff - something new that i've tried is making party banners - and i'm absolutely loving it...  I must say, i love making cards, but what i love even more is making party decorations...

The following pictures show the work in progress - i made a "Mom to be" banner...

I added some bling details, just to make it extra special...

And here are some pics of the finished product - i've added it to my Etsy shop, so if you're interested you can find it there...

I also make custom banners, so anything you're interested in - let me know and i'll create it...

I am loving these new banner dies i bought - my favourite product to use at the moment...

I'll be back with more news soon...
Liesl
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