Few more cards

Hi everyone,
First I want to THANK YOU ALL for your caring, warm comments you've left on my blog. They really mean a lot to me! A BIG, BIG HUG for all of you!

Now, I would like to show you the 'harvest' of this week!LOL
There is quite a bunch, so this time I will not enter in details about what I used for making each of them, or I will never finish this post. LOL
I will write all about them when I will put them on Etsy, in a few days, hopefully.
So, here they are:

And now a card-box or a card with drawer. It can be used for chocolates, a little gift or other goodies!

And the details:

I hope you like them!
Thanks for your visit,
Lots of love,
Sanda xx

I'm back

Hi everyone,
Sorry for not posting anything for so long, but I had a pretty bad time lately and didn't feel like it. To cut a story short, I had some problems with my heart in the last few months. After few tests, my cardiologist decided that he wants to investigate more and he asked for an angiogram. It was done last friday in Dublin and thank God everything it's OK now, but it was a pretty scary experience for me, I must admit. During the procedure I started to have very big pains because one of my artery entered in a spasm. The doctors dealt with it and finaly and, like my cardiologist said, it was very good that this happened, because he understood exactly what the problem is. So, now I'm back and very happy that everything ended well!
Now, enough about this!LOL
Even if I didn't post, I was working, so I can share with you my latest adventures in my art journey.
First, I made a Christmas gift bag with a matching tag. The bag measures 8 1/4"x 5" and has a pocket for the tag. I used cardstock, patterned papers, stamps, inks, glitter, punches, spellbinder nestabilities for cutting the snowflakes, paper roses, buttons, crystal brads and ribbon.

You can see details here:

And now, some work in progress. I started to paint an icon of the Blessed Mother and Child and here is how far I went with it until now.

Usually, I was working this kind of paintings in the traditional, byzantine style, but here I wanted to try something new, introducing some of the techniques learnt in Suzi Blu's The Goddess and the Poet class. So far, I colored the sketch with Prisma colors and then I mounted the sketch on a wood panel.
Few details here:

OK, that's for now, my friends and now I'm off to see your blogs that I missed so much lately!
Thanks for your visit,
Lots of love, Sanda xx

More Christmas cards and Kreativ Blogger Award

Hi everyone,
It's been a while since my last post, but I was busy, busy, busy making these cuties for Christmas!
These two cards measure 4 1/4"x 6". For the first one I used layers of fabric mounted on cardstock. The image is stamped on fabric and painted with Copic markers. For the second I used stamps, inks, punches and buttons.

And here are some details:

Next, I made a Christmas planner( 3 1/8"x 6 1/2" folded and 12 3/4"x 6 1/2" when open) and a gift card holder( 3"x 4 1/4"). For both I used cardstock, stamps, inks, patterned paper, rhinestones and pearls and glitter.

Here you can see some details:

I know it's a long post today, but I also received few days ago another wonderful award, the Kreativ Blogger, from Lynda at http://butterflydream27.blogspot.com/.

Lynda is a very talented young artist and a warm, wonderful FRIEND. Please, take a minute and visit her gorgeous blog and you won't regret it!
The award has some rules which are:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award
2.Copy the logo and place it in your blog
3. Link the person who nominated you
4.Name 7 things about yourself that no one would really know
5 Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers
6. Place links to the blogs you nominate and
7. Leave a comment on each blog you have nominated to let them know.

So, here we are:

Thank you again, sweet Lynda!!! :):):)
The logo and the link are on.
Now, seven things about me that you don't know... Hmmmm.... let's see:
# I'm very much in love with my husband
# I LOVE my family
# I'm addicted to coffee.... mmmmm
# I would like to live in a small, old cottage
# I'm mad about roses, lilac and orange blossom
# I love to bake
# For me, Christmas has absolutely the same magic like when I was a child

OK, I pass on this award to these SUPER talented, wonderful ladies:

Michelle at http://thestudioatcrowhavenfarm.blogspot.com/
Annette at http://annettequirke.blogspot.com/
Julie at http://heavenleighart.blogspot.com/
Lisa at http://llcreations.blogspot.com/
Sharon at http://sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/
Cristina at http://zinniasart.blogspot.com/
Joanne May at http://joannemayillustration.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your visit,
Lots of love,
Sanda xx

Just another one

Hi everyone,
I have made this card taking a short break from the painting I'm working right now. For the little inchies I've used stamps, clear embossing powder, Versamark, Adirondac and Glimmer Mist inks, white embossing powder for the snowflakes and tiny rhinestones. The central image is a Tim Holtz stamp, stamped with black Stazon ink and embossed with holografic embosing powder.
Hopefully they will be in my Etsy shop soon!

And here some details:

Hope you'll like it! And now I'm off to my painting!

Thanks for your visit,

Lots of love, Sanda xx

Christmas cards

Hi,
I just finished the first Christmas cards for this year and I thought to share them with you.

The first one measures 4 1/4"x 5 3/4" and I used gesso, modeling paste,Stewart Gill acrylics,Stazon and Versamark inks, collage, stamps, tissue paper, cotton bandage,Dazzling diamonds SU glitter and UTEE.

And here are some details:

The second one is a simple one, measuring 4 1/2"x 7 1/2". I have used cardstock, scrapbook paper, stamps, Stazon and distress inks.

And some details:

Thank you for your visit!

Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend,
Lots of love, Sanda xx

A precious award

Hi everyone,

I have received a few days ago a very precious award from Julie-Ann at http://heavenleighart.blogspot.com/. I imagine you already know her, but for all of you who don't, please take few minutes and visit her blog. You'll find there MUCH more than fabulous art. It's a magical place where, once discovered, you wish to come back over and over again. She is a truly GREAT lady, artist and friend.

This wonderful Deborah Award is about friendship and it states:
"Frienship isn't about who you have known the longest, but who came and never left your side"
I am more than honored and happy to receive this award, Julie-Ann! THANK YOU!
And know I would like to pass it on to six amazing ladies:

Darla at http://artisticaccentsbydarla.blogspot.com/

Esther at http://123lilibulle.canalblog.com/

Anne at http://bullesdorees.blogspot.com/

Cindy at http://www.sweetbeadstudio.com/

Isa at http://isasart.blogspot.com/

Sharon at http://livewirejewelry.blogspot.com/

for all their constant support, encouragement, inspiration and friendship. You are ALL real treasures and so special to me!

Thank you for your visit and lovely comments!

Have a wonderful weekend, lots of love,
Sanda xx

Gift bag and some more jewellery

These last 3 months of the year are always very busy for me, with lots of birthdays in both my husband's family and mine, so this means making lots of presents!LOL
Next week will be one of my sister in law's birthday, so I made for her a bracelet and earings to match, I hope she will like them. I used silver wire 18, 20 and 22 gauge and african turquoise, fancy jasper beads and Swarovski crystals. I closed the bracelet with an egyptian clasp, you can find a very good tutorial here http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=KateDrewWilkinson&view=videos.
For the gift bag I used gesso, modeling paste, tissue paper, Stewart Gill acrylics, cotton bandage, collage, stamps, inks, scrapbook papers, fibers and UTEE.
So here is Mairead's present!

And some details:

Thanks for your visit and for all your beautiful, supportive comments.

Have a wonderful week,
Lots of love,
Sanda xx