Thank You

Tina and Vladka's new challenge and the story behind made me stop and think... The topic is gratitude. How often do we say thank you... it may sound such an ordinary word? 10 times a day at least? But how often do we really think about people and things that really matter to us and we are grateful for?
Sometimes it is just good to pause, stop thinking of what more we want, what is missing... and just enjoy the present, grateful for what we have and whom we share it with.

Let this post also be a thank you for all of you who are reading my blog and post all the lovely comments.

This is an old thank you card I sent to Hali, when I won her candy.

I enter the card to the following challenges:
Tina & Vladka - #42 Ko me inspirira 
Najlepši par - Galerija meseca novembra
Crafting musketeers - #31 Anything but square
Craft heaven - #5 Layers with an option (Christmas)
City crafter - Getting ready for Christmas
Crafty catz - #300 Winter
Natalie and Amy's - #38 Winter scenes
ABC challenge - U is for Unlimited

Piggy bank

A dear friend of mine has bought a glass container which she wanted to use as a piggy bank. I was very honoured when she asked me to colour it. She did not give me any indications or instructions, so I decided to make it very colourful and playful.
I used a relief contour for glass to draw lines and created various geometric shapes, which I coloured using transparent and mat glass paint.
On the picture you can only see the glass part (photographed from different sides), since the cover was assembled later.

I enter the piggy bank to the following challenges:
Lil patch of crafty friends - #21 Anything goes 
Dream valley - #118 Use the colour blue
Artistic inspirations challenge blog - #143 Anything goes
2 Creative chicks - #4 Anything goes

Happy 30th

A very dear friend of mine celebrated her 30th birthday (and joined us in the 30 club :) ). For her card I used pastel pink base and a darker pink design paper. I heat embossed the upper part of the card with an image of a butterfly and antique writing. I used Tina's stencils for the numbers and I made three little flowers from felt.

I enter the card to the following challenges:
Najlepši par - Galerija meseca Oktobra
Polkadoodles - #41 Use a die cut
Glitter 'N' Sparkle - #158 Use some Pink
ABC Challenge - S is for Sprinkles
Sweet stampin' - Use script or text
Crafty catz - #296 Embossing
Brown sugar challenge blog - #167 Use a number

Happy Birthday Maj

My oldest nephew is celebrating his 13th birthday this month. He is already a teenager - oh my, how time flies! I made this simple light blue card for him and added a wooden ladybird for luck. I also prepared a gift for him and wrapped it in a fancy boyish wrapping paper.

I enter the card to the following challenges:

Craft-alnica - #143 Živali

Najlepši par - Galerija meseca septembra

Craft Heaven - #3 Anything goes

Inky Impressions - #274 Fancy Corners

A gem of a challenge - #153 Boys Boys Boys

Saymon Says Stamp - Die Crazy

Papertake weekly challenge - Animal Magic

Happy Birthday Val

My youngest nephew celebrated his 3rd birthday this month. I was far away (on the other side of the world), therefore I could not congratulate him in person or even via Skype. However, I prepared a parcel for him beforehand and left it with my mum, who did the postman role.
This is the card I enclosed to the gift.

I enter this card to the following challenges:
Craftalnica - #141 Otroško
Najlepši par - Galerija meseca avgusta
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog - #151 Happy Birthday
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - #130 Shaped cards
Casual Fridays - CFC 142 Pretty Patterns

Welcome Baby

Last week a friend of mine gave birth to their firstborn - a girl named Bella. I prepared a little gift for her and enclosed this congratulation card.
The design is very simple, I used glittering design paper and paper lace for the background and I decorated the card with flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, a button and a baby pram embellishment which I bought in a local craft shop. The stitches around the border are simply made with a 3D-Liner.

I enter the card to the following challenges:
Ko me inspirira #39 - Rojstvo
CRAFT-alnica #139 - Bleščeče 
Wednesday Creative Inspirations #323 - Flowers
Natalie and Amy #35 - Buttons and Bows
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Bingo (stitching, flowers, buttons)
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Well done / Congratulations
The Crafter's Cafe - Use some buttons
The Ribbon Girl - Just add ribbon

Milestone birthday

I made this card for my dad, who celebrated a milestone birthday. I used various embellishments, like flowers and skeleton leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also added the numbers 6 and 0 which I cut with my new dies from Tina's shop, as well as the text "all the best wishes" (they are very versatile and I made more similar cards like this one, which I will show you in the future posts).

I enter this card to the following challenges:
CRAFT-alnica - #139 Bleščeče
Najlepši par - Galerija meseca avgusta
ABC Challenge - O is for Open
The Ribbon Girl - Add Ribbon
Top Tip Tuesday - Bingo challenge (sparkle, sentiment, ribbon)
Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge - #323 Flowers
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - #35 Buttons and Bows
Just Us Girls - #304 Autumn (autumn colours of the card)