Why cards?

Ador felicitarile. Este ceva pur si simplu, o dragoste infinita, o accept si ma umplu de ea pana la suprasaturatie.
I love cards. It`s something just like that, an infinite love, I accept it and I let myself breath it until overflowing.

Felicitarile
- sunt precum un tablou in miniatura sau precum o fotografie
- sunt pline de culoare
- iti fac inima sa bata mai tare cat atepti sa citesti ce e scris inauntru
- sunt precum o carte, intreaga poveste dintre cel care o daruieste si cel care o primeste poate fi scrisa inauntru folosind cateva propozitii
- gasite printre niste hartii mai vechi sunt o adevarata comoara
- te ajuta sa iti marturisesti sentimentele cu delicatete si totusi puternic
Cards
- are like a small painting or photography
- are full with color
- make your heart beat like crazy waiting for the words written inside
- are like a book, the whole story between To and From can be written inside using only few sentences
- found between your papers after some years are like a treasure
- help you confess your feelings in a gentle, yet powerful way

E un semn bun ca oamenii mai cumpara felicitari. Si mai bine daca le cumpara pe cele handmade. Aici este o felicitare pentru care am folosit una din primele flori facute facute cu aceasta tehnica.
I think it`s a very good sign that people still buy cards. Even better if they buy handmade cards. Here is the card for which I used one of the first flowers made with this technique.

Flower power

Oamenilor le plac florile si culorile vii.
People love flowers and vivid colors.

Este cumva incomod pentru mine sa fac felicitari handmade si sa nu vad cine le cumpara. Masele niciodata nu cauta lucruri deosebite, iau ceea ce e in fata ochilor lor. Uneori si eu fac la fel. De aceea ma simt deosebit cand stiu ca duc ceva altfel (facut din toata inima) la raft, sub nasul cumparatorilor. Si mi s-au cerut flori. Asa ca... flori sa fie.

It`s quite strange for me to make these handmade cards and not see who buys them. Mass will never search for special things, they take what`s in front of their eyes. Sometimes I do the same. That`s why I feel special providing something different (made with all my heart) - in front of people`s eyes. And they asked for flowers. So, let`s make flowers.

Parerea mea este ca florile si quillingul sunt o asociere plina de forta, intr-adevar frumoasa , dar nu preferata mea. Vreau mai mult de la quilling. Pentru azi si pentru aceasta perioada din an, flori si inimioare.

I think flowers and quilling make a powerfull combination, beautiful indeed, but not my favourite. I want more from quilling. For today and for this period of the year, flowers and hearts.

Chiar daca sunt flori imi place la nebunie sa lucrez cu hartia, cu stampilele, cu panglicile si toate cele!
Flowers or not I make the cards with an infinit pleasure!

Quilling Strips

Finally I have my quilling strips together with the red I nedeed.

Making the pictures for this post I realized how chaotic I am (sometimes). You`ll see the way I "arrange" the quilling strips. A few months ago I arranged them like this.

In december, in a rush I put them like this.

Here are the ones I couldn`t manage. I have to clean up the area but now there is a lot of work to do (this period swallows my cards just like that - I am happy, happy!)

And the strips I am using for the paper flowers that you can see here. These large strips are actually the remains from the paper I used for the thinner ones.

I love the way the strips look in the light, so many colors! Soo beautiful!

Happy Birthday

V-am spus ca am multe surprize in seria ce am creat-o pentru iarna. Mi-ar place sa primesc de ziua mea asa multe cadouri si un urs de plus urias. Particip cu aceasta felicitare la Charisma Card Challenges. Cred ca numai eu am facut o felicitare cu quilling. Daca stiti bloguri cu provocari quilling va rog as-mi spuneti si mie. Am gasit unul si ma pregatesc pentru el, dar despre asta in alta zi.

As I said, I have surprizes for you from the winter collection. I wish I really get so many presents on my birthday and a huge bear. I participate with this card at Charisma Card Challenges. As I saw, my card is the only one with quilling. If you know blogs with quilling challenges, please let me know too. I found one and I am working for it`s challenge, but about this some other day.

Tema este Happy Birthday.
The theme is Happy Birthday.

La Multi Ani, Charisma!!!
Happy Birthday, Charisma!!!

I also submmit this card to :
- one stop craft challenge where the theme is a card for a child
- gingerloftchallenge where the theme is celebrations

Angel Wings Card

După un ceai cald savurat din fotoliul preferat trec la îngerii care ne veghează. Am creat aceste aripi pentru Crăciun, cartonul e perlat, foarte frumos, dar nu le-am găsit forma perfectă. Apoi, dintr-o dată: cling! Și iată-le, în toată splendoarea.

After a warm tea that I took on my favourite armchair I go on thinking of the angels who wach us. I made these wings for the Christmas but couldn`t find the perfect match. Then, suddenly> cling! And here they are, simply gorgeous.

I also found a challenge with such a beautyfull theme a card or project which includes wings. So I decided to participate at the challenge of the stampinsistersinchrist with this card. It is my second challenge, and my first challenge abroad.

Îmi închipui îngerii cum veghează în spatele meu, cu aripi strălucitoare. Se spune că dacă simți din senin un miros plăcut, îngerii sunt sigur în preajma ta.

I imagine the angels watching above me, with shining wings. It is said that if suddenly you feel a pleasant smell, the angels are certainly around you.

Blue and Glitter

Am descoperit ieri ca inca pot participa la provocarea Scrapper in Romania. M-am pus pe lucru si am creat o felicitare de iarna cu fulgi albastri. Panglica am gasit-o la reducere chiar inainte de Craciun.

Glitterul inca nu s-a uscat, dar imi place mult cum arata asa, proaspat.

Acesti fulgi s-au nascut din greseala. Am pregatit mai multe piese pentru un altul si mi-au iesit inegale si, in joaca, le-am alaturat. Sunt tare mandra de ei.

I submmit this card to:
- by the cute and girly where the theme is bling it on