Birthday Cards

On December 1st I celebrated my birthday. Because 30 is pretty special, we went 4 days to the Christmas market in Germany. I really had a great time with lots of shopping, gluwein and also some cultural activities.
From some members of a stamping group I received these beautiful cards. Thanks a lot Linda, Bea, Christine and Monique!

Lili's Little Fairies Challenge Blog

The Lili's Little Fairies Challenge Blog will continue where Lili of the Valley Challenge finished. The first challenge will be posted on January 5th:

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Creanijn's candy

http://creanijn.blogspot.com/2011/12/creanijn-candy-bij-100-volgers.html

Vicky is giving away great candy when her blog reaches 100 followers. I'm already a fan of Creanijn's sketches for a long time. So don't just go there for the candy, but take some time to check Vicky's cards and layouts!

Sugar Bowl challenge 70

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-70maria-thereses-sketch.html

I like challenges because you end up with a card you'd never make without the challenge. The Sugar Bowl had a sketch challenge plus the option clean and simple. Not easy with no embellishments or patterned papers, but I've really enjoyed this one!

I'm back: LOTV challenge

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-118-sketch-by-bev.html


After a break of several months, I finaly created again! I've chosen the sketch from LOTV challenge to get started. As you may know I love sketches (both for cardmaking as scrapbooking). I'm happy with the result, and I think I'll start on another christmas card soon as time's getting shorter to get them all finished.

Penny Black Challenge 175

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/penny-black-saturday-challengeweek-175.html

Having my mojo back, in combination with 2 days off work is really great for my christmas cards. But I think this will be my last one for today as I have running training this evening.

Marianne Design challenge 41

http://mariannedesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-41-vintage.html



What a challenge: create a vintage christmas card! Not easy I thought, but after some searching around in my stuff I found these gorgeous (but still unused) Martha Steward punches. I think they look quite vintage, so I used these as the starting point. I also found some old looking patterned paper from Daisy D's and I've kept the rest quite simple.
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