Sunday, August 13, 2017

Dream (LIM341 and ATC117)

Some Sunday evening craft therapy and dreaming of the future. Hope it's not impossible :)



Playing along with: 



Have a great week.  I'm back at work tomorrow after sick leave so wish me luck! Still a bit far from 100% but better every day .

God bless
xxx
Riette


Saturday, August 12, 2017

PACMAN! with CTS234

It was really funny when my kids asked, "Mom! Do you KNOW Pacman?!"  Ooooh yes. For those interested, Pacman was released in May 1980! 

When I saw the Cas(e) this Sketch #234 I immediately saw Pacman!


Sentiment from discontinued Unity Stamp Co set. The ghosts are line images printed from the web and colored and the rest are die-cuts and punch circles. 
Here's the sketch? See it?  :D

 Hope all are well.
God bless
Riette

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Sea sickness

Here's a quick and easy simple journal page.  I found I like simple and plain easier to do than try and mimic fancy, busy ones.


Sitting under a tree sounds like a pretty good idea at the moment :)

God bless all
xx
Riette

Seas the Day (CTS233)

Here's a quick sliding in at the end with Cas(e) the Sketch #233!!  Thank you Hannelie for a great sketch!

I decided to go one-layer as well (daring, I know!)


I made a boo-boo when stamping the sentiment. I inked on the edge of the rubber stamp and that ended up being the right-wing of the 'bird'. I added another wing to make the bird.


Boat stamp (paper pieced) :  Unity Stamp Co "Life is a beautiful ride"
Sentiment: Unity Stamp Co Spirit of Summertime (KOM Jul 2013)

Also sharing with:  Addicted to CAS - One Layer

Hope all is well!

God bless
Riette

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Flower life

I was recently diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. It sure puts things into perspective. 3 weeks ago I had a total thyroidectomy and this morning I came out of hospital after my radioactive iodine therapy (which is another story). But one realises that along the path of life there are often things that end so that something else can begin. I might have lost my thyroid but I have to focus on new beginnings.  I made a small journal page to remind me:

My page used flowers from GinaK Design, A Year of Flowers 1, all paper pieced with hand-drawn stems. Quote is my own.


This is a new journey and still some outstanding tests and answers, but hopefully this is a new road to recovery.

God bless you all
Riette

Sharing with:
http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.co.za/2017/08/challenge-47-f-is-for-flowers.html
https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.co.za/2017/08/miucb-4-anything-goes-paper-piecing.html
http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.co.za/2017/07/challenge-165-flower-power-team-trace.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.za/2017/08/ch-130-use-flowers-winners-from-ch-129.html


Snowboard Santa

I was looking for a cool image for a teenager and found this gem at Mo's Digital Pencil:  http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/snowboard-sant...