Just A Hint of Pink

... for the current City Crafter Challenge. This was a brilliant starting point for a little card I made for my friend

 

The card is A7 format. I layered it with a digital texture background from Vintage Findings and stamped it with images from Waltzing Mouse and Elzybells. The wonderfully pinky heart is stamped twice - once directly on the card and a second time on white card. I coloured the heart with Copics, cut it out and added it with foam pads to give it a bit more depth. 

I will be offline for the weekend as we go to London for the London Marathon (no no no it will not be me running (lol) ), my DH will be running the London Marathon - I am not sure if I should call this brave or mad. Only hope the weather will be ok, see you after the run, have a lovely weekend, Petra.

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Gingerbread Christmas

What would Christmas be without Gingerbread? Gingerbread (or Lebkuchen in German) as we know it today came originally from Belgium in the 13th Century. It was introduced into Germany through the city of Aachen. Lebkuchen is a traditional little Christmas cake, the ones best known are from the area of Nuernberg. If you would like to read a little bit more about the history, the German Food Guide lists some interesting details.
Lebkuchen come in all sorts of different shapes and disguises including gingerbread men, women and children
These are made of felt from Lupin Handmade, handcut, hand-stitched and embellished with embroidery thread, ribbon and gingham fabric ... unfortunately non-edible ... sigh what a shame ... but the chocolates are (lol). Have a wonderful Christmas, Petra.x

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