A birthday card

I got inspired by a picture I saw in an e-mail with pages from the new Stampers' Sampler, for this birthday card. IRL the heart is pink.



The background is a design block from Hero Arts, I seem to be getting good use out of it, that makes me glad! The bird image (which I just LOVE) is from Artistic Outpost.

Theme Thursday - Flowers

Couldn't resist a flower theme and it is actually the theme for this month on the Hero Arts Blog. Used a scrap of K&Co flower paper which I attached to a tag I printed out, a little vintage image, black ribbon and a sentiment.



The challenge for theme Thursday can be found here. Thanks to Kelly who hosts this weekly challenge.

Just a note to say that Jillian Foster whose blog is called 'Inspired by' is featuring some of my cards this week which inspired her to create her own. You can find her gorgeous blog here.

Tag Tuesday #38 - Monogram

It is so good to be back - I have had such busy days and just got round to sitting down to create something this afternoon. Michaël was baptized, my DH celebrated his birthday yesterday and in the mean time - lots of visitor's etc.



I am very happy to say that I could get hold of a Mariposa Matstock from DCWV!! I just absolutely love these papers... first got interested in them when Louise showed them on her blog here - love at first sight!

So I used just a little piece of one page here - I just really want to look at the papers and enjoy their texture etc. I don't want to cut into them!!

This is for the weekly tag challenge on Louise's blog, which can be found here.

This tag is for someone special - hence the Monogram 'J'.



The little heart which I attached with the ribbon was a little free gift from an on-line shop where I ordered something, so cute!

A bit of Fun Friday

Making my own little trigger here... yesterday evening my son Joël came home for the weekend as his younger brother Michaël is going to be baptized on Sunday. God so graciously revealed Himself to Michaël in Jesus Christ after he was always looking for proof that God existed and it has changed his life! He wants to witness to that fact on Sunday so it will be a big celebration in our family.



To get to the point.. a lovely friend of mine gave me these cups as a little present, which Joël brought with him and as I was making her a thank you card, I realized I was using the same colors as the cups.



So this is my little card - I thought with such beautiful papers I would let it speak for itself and just add a little image. The sentiment is Hero Arts.

O yes, this is my latest pic of my son Michaël (who we call Micky):



Have a great weekend!

Tuesday Trigger

This was the inspiration on the Moxie Fab world blog on tuesday.



This is my take on it. I went with the heart shape and the colors.

Spring and butterflies challenge hosted by Anne

I'm joining in Anne's monthly challenge, which can be found by clicking on her name.






This collage background stamp is from Hero Arts (K4890) called CardArt Thank You Flourish.

Actually this card is a joint effort and has a little story.I have wanted this stamp for a long time and finally got it. It was Linda Brandberry (Lin) who got me interested when she used it. So thanks Lin for the inspiration.
The striped panel came from Evelyn Spikes, the distressed die-cut came from Suzanne Czosek and the little hearts came from Tomo in Japan! So thank you all very much ladies!

The idea is to spread happy surprises! And cheerful thoughts of Spring! So I will be sending this card to someone, but that will be a surprise!

Then I made a little tag with the same stamp image.


Have a lovely day!

Tag tuesday - a touch of red

A quick simple little tag as I have loads of ironing to do.

I only iron when necessary, now if I don't my DH will have no more shirts to wear.

I am envisioning this tag on a gift wrapped in lightweight kraft paper or plain red.

The challenge can be found here. Thanks Louise!

Thanks Be(e) for your comment - I didn't make the butterfly myself, other than cut it out - I'm so sorry I can't find the source to give credit... I told you it was a simple tag.

Taking this opportunity to thank everyone who pops by, can't tell you how happy it makes me!