Another Christmas Card

thanks for your nice comments about my last card! it's very motivating and makes me want to make more stuff! i made another Christmas card using MME "Be Merry" paper, which i'm loving atm and will use it to make at least one more!

Flowers from Holland!

okay, so i'm a girl ... so i like flowers, right? then i come to Holland, where the flowers are *so* inexpensive and they last for about 2 weeks!! so all spring and summer long, i had a bouquet. here are a few samples and pics from the market in Haarlem:

Purple Christmas Card

i made this card using Laura's Sketch 12, from 2 Sketches 4 You, which you can find here. my original idea was much closer to the sketch (it was, really, it was! :) ) but this is what i ended up with:

Scrappy Christmas Tree

good morning! my friend in Canada finally got her package in the mail the other day, so I can show you the tree I made:i used a 26.5 cm high styrofoam cone, Making Memories FaLaLa paper cut into 1.5 cm x 6 cm strips, regular sewing pins and felt to cover the bottom.after gluing the felt, i folded the strips in half and pinned them in a circle, starting at the bottom and slightly overlapping the edges, all the way to the top. then i cut two stars and glued them together with a toothpick, which i used to attach it to the top. i pinned two pieces of ribbon to the top as well.

Spread the Joy!

i want to share something with you that i saw on my walk this weekend. the Dutch have a nice habit of announcing life events that they are celebrating such as a birth, birthday, retirement, graduation, etc by putting up balloons, flags, signs, storks, etc in windows and on the front of houses. i like this one - when graduating from high school, the student's backpack is hung outside from the flag:

i think it's a nice way to share the happiness with your neighbours and anyone happening to be passing by. then i saw this baby ...

Card Challenge

i made this card for the latest Caardvarks Card Challenge, "Initial Reaction." i wanted to make a "guy" card, which is usually a bit more difficult than "girl" cards, and i'm quite happy with the end result. i hope they like it too!

More Cards

i'm going to show you a few more cards i made. this is one of the first attempts :)
this one was for very lovely bf Peter's grandfather for his 93rd birthday. he and his wife are very sweet and i always enjoy our visits.
this one i made for my bff friend in Budapest for her birthday. we chat online almost every day, usually for hours!

this one i made for my mom, which i sent along with some goodies from Holland. she likes the stroopwafels.

this one i made for my friend's birthday. she lives with her husband, dog and cats in Victoria, BC. we've been friends since we were both 5 years old!

and this one i made for my dad, for his birthday.