the pink cake made from scrap. just paper (by paper-source) and little bit of embossing powder needed. Done!


This is rather a complicated card. I know I said before I prefer simple card making but a little bit time consuming project is sometimes fun. I used a lot of techniques on this one... stamping, embossing, sewing, glueing, cutting, stuffing, and so on:) I print the birthday text on a piece of sheer paper, sprinkled it with transparent embossing powder, and heated it up with the heating tool. Before I sewed it completely to the white blank card using a red tread I slipped couple silver and gold circles out of foil. I added a little wooden lady bug and two foil hearts hanging from a red tread. The text is in Slovak and basically says all possible Birthday wishes!
I started a big search for antique fabric stamps and I was successful with a purchase of couple back in Denver in a cute little antique store. I found 2 pretty pieces and one I already used for making a gift paper. Here is the dotted wooden stamp in action... little bit of sunlight yellow and bright lime green paint, piece of cut sponge, and brown paper is all you need!
...and here is the final product in use... all the presents for little Nela (one of my friends newborn baby) nicely wrapped in a hand-made paper and polka-dot ribbon ready to be send:)
And again, I am playing with fabric... this time no felt but my old... pajama! Well, it got ripped and the damage was to big to be fixed. I felt sorry to just throw it away as it was my favorite piece. So, what do you do with your favorite piece of clothing that it's not wearable anymore??? Simply, it become a piece of jewelry! | A znovu sa pohrávam s textíliou... tentokrát to nieje vlna ale moje stáre... pyžamo! Akosi sa potrhalo a už nebolo opraviteľné. Bolo mi ľúto ho len tak vyhodiť kedže bolo moje obľúbené. A čo v tom prípade treba spraviť zo svojím obľúbeným kúskom??? Jednoducho ho premeniť na šperk!
I came home yesterday and woke up... 16 hours later!!! I didn't know I was that much tired:) I guess it was a long trip from the other continent. Now, after a nice plate of 'halusky' with extra bacon I am back on the track fixing our garden... well, probably jungle is better expression. The grass got a new haircut but after the extreme winter and our dogs running around it needs some help and a lot of fertilizer. Wish me luck:)
... u just bought like 10 wooden fabric stamps at the antique show, and having tons of craft magazines and books that need to find space in my already stuffed suitcase:) I am getting little bit annoyed by all this packing. I guess it is time to buy a new piece of language and bigger this time!
Today is my last day in Jamestown... time to go back home and get prepared for the wedding:) Tomorrow, D and me are heading for NY city and staying there for a night. My plane is leaving late in the evening and I hope we will make it to the Guggenheim museum before I leave home. I will let you know how it all went. See you later and wish me luck:)

- awesome dress with low-V in the back
- with cute sole smokey shoes with polka-dot from buckle
- adding the red tights from sockshop the outfit will look fabulous
- cashmere cardigan in mint for colder evenings
- and rustic looking faux bag from pacsun
- jewelry is a must and I picked Isabel Marant stone-embellished half-hoop earrings and Howlite stone bracelet from net-a-porter
PS: By the way, I am using one of the free photo frames from photoRadar for the Photoshop. Aren't they lovely?
This is the last addition to the 'thank you' set and I'm thankful it's over. I have enough 'thanks' for now:) Thank you for stopping by!
Oh happy thank you day:)
... I got this beautiful wooden 'Penny Black' tree stamp from Mr. D and I just love it. I stamped sheer paper from Michaels with it and embossed with transparent powder, added couple gold brads from MM and created an apple tree:) The green blank card is from Paper-Source as usually, ribbon from Michaels for $1, and a piece of the green 'leather' paper from the Flax store, the paper store in San Francisco (I just love that paper). And, another card can be added to the 'thank you' set!
Very few items were used on this one... green blank card from Paper-Store with rounded corners, scrap pink paper, scrap transparent paper from Michaels, a hand-stamped and hand-cut butterfly attached with gold brad from MM, and 'thanks' stickers from a wedding album kit on sale at Micheals. Wonderful:)