Christmas 2011

Christmas came and went without me blogging for such a long time. So....I am going back in time to Christmas 2011. The colour scheme I chose was blue and white, inspired by some digital paper. The images used were shaded predominantly in blues with a few other colours incorporated. Below are a few of the cards I made. I used several Lili of the Valley stamps and a Wee digital stamp. I used the Wee digital stamp in the last photo for a Pink Christmas card swap I joined on RSA. I dare say I was more into pastel colours than the traditional colours this year. I will post some of the cards from the pink swap next time.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. The weather in Cape Town is 30 degrees with no wind today - absolutely stunning day. I am off to prepare salads to go with the fish braai we will be having a little later. We have invited my mom and David's parents. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, which seems to fly by as fast as the working days!

Thanks for visiting.

Last of the Christmas cards for now

Lovely to see the sun out today. I am trying to catch up with washing before we leave for a short holiday to Golden Gate in the Free State later this week. Dare I say I can't wait!! Well these are the last of the Christmas cards I am posting for now - the subject may just become too boring.

This is my favourite one - I think the colouring which is more subdued really took my fancy.

I hope the cards will bring some sunshine to the recipients.

Enjoy your Sunday - for me it has been quite a relaxed one. Hugs to all, GAIL

More Christmas cards

1st of July - gosh, the months seem to be flying by so fast.
Well, as promised, here are some more of the Christmas cards I made. Each card has a Christmas greeting printed inside.

Tomorrow I will post the last lot of Christmas cards until December when I will make cards for my friends. December seems so far off but will be here before we know it.

There is a big rugby game on tomorrow afternoon so I will be spending the afternoon in the kitchen preparing supper for the family and friends who will be coming here to watch - about 10 in total ..... oh, how I would much rather spend the time stamping!!!

Christmas cards

A member of the RSA Group, Joan Visser, has taken on a community project to make 500 Christmas cards for prisoners to send to their families at Christmas time. She sent out a request for anyone who would like to help make cards so over the next few days I will be showing you some of the cards I made for this cause.

I had shaded quite a few of the images soon after I stamped them and had a ball making these cards -  similar but different.

At the moment we are experiencing cold weather in Cape Town so I feel quite at home with the snowy scenes!!

Have a lovely day and keep warm.