Time to celebrate

Hi all!

A big THANK YOU to everybody who sent me an email to ask if I´m ok !
Yes, I am - it was just a very busy time and so my blog went on vacation for the last few weeks - sadly I didn´t go with it on vacation - instead of I learnt a lot new things I´ll need for my job in the future... a bit exhausting ...

One of my best friends has a comparable busy time right now - she´s a medical secretary and had a few courses since spring - a lot to learn but she had excellent marks on all exams - I´m so proud of her - time for a little celebration I think!!

So - we invited her and her family next week and this is what she´ll find on the table in front of her seat:
is it worthy - what do you think?

I wish all of you a fabulous new week and if you like, come back on Tuesday - I´ll have a software giveaway for you!

PS: I link this up to this challenge http://foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/fyi-challenge-16.html   

Their inspirational picture is so beautiful!

Metal Steampunk

Valerie introduced me through her blog post to this interesting challenge at Make My Monday ... Metal Steampunk!

One of my "babies" (= sticky-notes-booklets) fits into this challenge: I wanted to make a masculine one - so I chose black for the cover and heat embossed the clock face and the other circles in a decent hue of gold and added some parts of old clocks I bought months ago at a flea market... pretty vintage!

Here it is:

 

Have a great weekend everybody and thanks a lot for visiting me!

Vintage White

I made this wedding card in spring already, but never found the right occasion to post it… but this week the challenge over at  The Shabby Tea Room  is “vintage white” – perfect!

Thanks for visiting me today!

Shabby Chic Girls Club

Ros´  blog  post  introduced me to the  Shabby Chic Girls Club.

There is a link party for anyone to link up one or more of their shabby/vintage creations past or present.

I decided to search for my vintage-style sticky-notes-booklets from the past und found 4, which I like best... here´s my summary:

 
All the original posts and a lot more of my "babies" (=sticky-note-booklets) can be found HERE.
 

Thanks for dropping by today!

 

 

Mini Card Set

Ok, as promised, here´s the Mini Card Set I made - for my Mom again - so tiny and cute!

These cards and envelopes measure only 3 by 1 7/8  inches or 7,7 x 4,8 cm!

... and they´re so addictive, because you can make them even if you are in a hurry ... 1-2-3-finished!

I´d like to enter this card set into these challenges:

"Less is More"  and  "CAS-ual Fridays"

Thanks for visiting me today!

Beauty is where you find it - Sunflares!

Luzia Pimpinella asked her readers to share some sunshine or sweet sunny memories ... I´d like to participate with these 2 pictures full of golden sunlight...

Heartwarming memories of

CROATIA

and INDIA

http://luziapimpinella.blogspot.com/2011/09/beauty-is-where-you-find-it-11.html

Have a nice day and thanks for stopping by!

Adorable tiny

Hi there,


I was a lazy blogger lately - we´ve been on a well deserved vacation in September and enjoyed it a lot. I´ll share some pictures in the next few weeks…

For today I´ve a small card to share – I bought the “Tiny Envelope Die” from Papertrey Ink – and it´s addictive !

It´s so easy now to cut an envelope – just 1 minute including folding and adhering and you´ve a cute, tiny envelope in an adorable size!

And the matching cards are finished in a few minutes, too!

Here´s an example – I´ll show you more in upcoming blog posts…

Thanks for visiting! I appreciate you!

Last days of summer...

http://byloridesigns.blogspot.com/2011/09/foto-friday-4.html

Another version...

... of my last card - I like the card design a lot - so I decided to give a second version a try...

I link it up to this challenge:

 http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/cr84fn37.html

Enjoy the brandnew week!

Fanatical About Botanical Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

The botanical style is rrreally trendy right now... and Cath from The Moxie Fab World hosts a challenge!

Look: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/07/next-moxie-fab-world-challenge.html

I didn´t want to miss it (deadline is tomorrow/midnight) and so I made this card:

I attached a vellum pouch to the card front and inserted a skeleton leaf, which I had in my stash for ages - a butterfly image from the graphic´s fairy, rhinestones and a ticket from the stamp set "Eline´s Huis Butterflies" from mariannedesign.nl complete the card.

I really love this card - this light blue is one of my favourite colors - especially in summer - and butterflies are my all-time favourite!
AND - it is my 1st one with sewing/stitching on it!
I had a very old (35yrs.) sewing machine, but hadn´t used it for 20 yrs. ... when my aunt visited me a month ago, she helped me to "revitalize" it again - and now I don´t want to remove this machine from my desk anymore! I also love her "vintage style" :-)

Have a nice Sunday everyone - thanks for your visit!