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This totally sneaked up on me - all of a sudden I jumped my 200 followers barrier! I have been hovering in the high 190ies with some fluctuations and then - 202!!! I am speechless and elated! But I did not empty all those bottles on my celebration card (below) as you might have guessed :) But first I want to greet my new comers in the order of joining: Becca Cruger from The Damsel of Distress Dana Joy from Got Joy Creations Shawana Standish from The Grand Stampede  Hazel Kinvig-Paul from My Card Attic Ela G from  Ela est là  So happy you joined! Perhaps you'll stay on - I'll try to make it worthwhile for you! Easter is over, but its still  April and I choose this as my welcome picture for you: It is part of an installation by Michael Bishop and it is out side the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado. I like those kind of grumpy looking bunnies....perhaps they lost some Easter eggs... So glad you joined and so happy that in thos...

Hi Everyone, its time for my monthly new member greeting! Lets welcome in the order of joining: Kathy from  Stamps at Play Tammy from  My Craft Central Tanja from Little Art Cottage Lee Ann from  Greyt Paper Crafts Shalu from All by Heart   All of them have fabulous blogs - if you have time go by and visit and leave them some love - don't we all love that???? I am glad you Ladies found my blog and liked it enough to join!  Of course I have a welcome picture for you: This sphere is by  Jason Schneider , who designs objects and furniture from cardboard - I love this - appeals to my love of patterns and all things geometric! I  hope you like it as much as I do! And now my card: I had a pretty busy week, but today I found some time to make a card for this week's  Paper Smooches  challenge. The inspiration picture is below. I went with the colors, the subtle pattern of the baskets and the cen...

Hi Everyone, I have been busy making cards (what else would I make...?), but first I want to greet my new members: Gaylynn from Neat Nook Creations Lilian from  The Leaf Studio Marie from Algodao Tao Doce Please pay those lovely Ladies a visit and check out their blogs - I promise you  - its worth your time  and you'll be utterly delighted! Perhaps you even have time to leave them some love and tell them I sent you! Because I have to love cards to share I thought I pick the famous love sculpture by Robert Indiana as my welcome picture for my wonderful new members. I am so happy you joined. Thank you so much! You are getting me closer to that magic 200 number :) You can find this sculpture in NYC on 6th Ave and 55th street. I love those bold colors! And now my cards: You see my inspiration - right?The die is by Marianne and the YOU is from Neat&Tangled. Its a one layer card, since I did it as inlaid die cuts. And I mad...

What a nice start to 2015 - 4 new members to greet! Welcome Ladies - lets hope 2015 will be even better than 2014 for all of you!  Welcome to my little corner of blogland. Last year at this time I thought I would blog less than I did in 2013, but that has not happened. I am still thoroughly addicted to card making and I don't see it ending any time soon. It still thrills me to play in whatever challenge I feel drawn to - mostly getting inspired by their themes or pictures rather than sticking with a particular challenge that I always play in....I am still mainly CAS, although I sometimes experiment....but them always get back into CAS mode. So if you like that, stick around, that's how it going to be.... A warm welcome to (in the order of joining) Jasleen Wolle-Garn und Fadenzauber  - Beatrice Archana Jessica All those ladies have fabulous blogs - go and check them out and leave them some love - perhaps you want to tell them I sent you;) Glad to have you...

It has been a while that I have several new members on my blog, but did not manage to find the time for an adequate greeting picture. Finally that time has come and I want to welcome Kaylgriffin (sorry,could not find a link) Ingrid from Ingrids Craft Corner Asha from Sunny Summer Crafts Ellie from My Creative Moments Karen from Made by Meadie Great to have you here! I actually did not quite realize I have that many new member, because old one have been defecting by equal numbers and my overall membership has been stable! Yeahh! After all, it could be declining! So extra thanks for joining and old members - I am so impressed you are still here with me. Visit my newbies and leave them some love - they all have quite wonderful blogs! I do appreciate every one of my members, even if I don't have enough time to comment on all your wonderful card, I wish I did... So here is my welcome picture for you: Those portraits are by Jaume Plensa , a Spanish sculptor...

Dear blog followers and visitors, just letting you know that my father passed and I will fly home to attend his funeral and spend some time with my mom.  That's why you will not hear from me in the near future. I am so sad this happened, although it was not entirely unexpected. My father lived a long, fulfilled life. He suffered from a lot of war injuries, but he never complained, worked hard and cared for his family.  I am glad he can rest in peace now. 

Its greet my new members time!  Two lovely ladies have joined my blog - I want to welcome in the order of joining: Sonja K  from The Art of Stamping Vicki from Stamp Smiles You probably know them already, since both have an active blog and make fabulous cards! I am happy you joined me and as customary I picked a welcome picture for you. this is made by  Tom Otterness , who makes fun  bronze statues, some of which can be found in New York City. This is a detail from one of his works (called Amorphophallus Titanum) in the Bronx Botanic Garden. I just love those little creatures in that gigantic plant! I hope you like it, too! --X-- Over at Moxie Fab the WCMD challenge got extended  - I am so happy about this, since I wanted to play - that inspiration picture is so up my alley.....geometric design - what could be better??? This is the picture: I made my card using the Papertrey Harlequin embossing plate, which I...

I can welcome two new members to my blog -  Sid from Harpies Crafty Corner and Pauline from Crafting with Cotnob both are from Great Britain and are experienced an well versed card makers - I am so happy you joined! I also want to thank my new members  - the ones without a picture that end up at the end of the member list - I have not been keeping track of you - so sorry and I also have by now a few email subscribers - again I am not keeping track - but nonetheless I value that you joined my blog and stayed with me! And for all of you I have a welcome picture:  I took this photo on one of my last trips into New York City - it is taken from the Highline - that former elevated subway line transformed into a park. The mural depicts a soldier kissing a nurse and is painted by  Eduardo Kobra . The original is a statue by Seward Johnson .  As you easily can imagine it appeals to me on many levels - but foremost the fabulous use of color! I ...

 It has been a while since my last new member welcome and I have now 5 new members who joined my blog! You make me happy! Thank you so much for joining and a BIG thank you also to my long term members who are still with me! Welcome my new followers in the order of joining: Kate from Just Kate Klaudiya Ray from Handmade by Kaudiya Carla - sorry, could not find a link, but will happily add one.... Tenia from Jazzy Paper Designs Sarah from Sazzle Dazzle Crafts And here is your welcome picture: I discovered this on a recent visit in New York City - its called Seed 54 and is by Haresh Lalvani . Its fascinating to look at. If you are interested you can also watch this youtube video And if you have time, you may visit my "newbies" and say hello - they have wonderfully creative blogs, full of  amazing inspiration!  And now back to card making: I finally managed to  make a card for the  Cure for the Monday Blues  - fabulous ...

 It has been a while since my last new member greeting and I have now 4 new members who joined my blog - I made it past 150! That is fantastic - thank you all for joining and thanks to my long term members for  staying with me! Stephanie (sorry did not find a link) Petra  aka Hellerlittle Katie Melhus Neets B And if you have time, you may visit them and say hello - they have wonderfully creative blogs, full of inspiration! And here is your welcome picture: As my other recent welcome pictures this is also from the Corning Glass Museum. The artist is Vera Liskova, a  Czech  glass artist and the piece is titled "Anthem of Joy in Glass". I hope it brings you joy looking at it. I sure like it! --X-- But now back to cards... I found two fun challenges to combine. Taheera always finds those wonderful inspiration pictures and the  AEI♥U Challenge  - make your won designer paper is just up my alley! I used t...

For a while I have a new member on my blog that has somehow escaped my customary greeting - so sorry .... I want to welcome Hanna and I am very happy to have you here. Hanna has a wonderful blog - she is very creative and I can highly recommend you check out her blog!  Here is my welcome picture for you: It is a vase by Miyashita Zenji . I saw this last year in Cornell University, Ithaca. They have beautiful museum - definitely worthwhile to visit. I hope you like this as much as I do. --X-- Time for another Be Inspired challenge at TAWS - an inspiration picture just up my alley! I used my brand new set called Pillow Talk from TAWS to make this card. I won this set with THIS card. I had it on my wishlist for a while - its just so cool! Thanks Allison!!!!! The yellow pattern I heat embossed to make it stick out a bit more. The bird is from the Bird Brain set  - colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Jibber Jabber...