World Cardmaking Day Blog Tour

Dobro došli i sretan dan za izrade čestitke!
Welcome and happy world cardmaking day! (On Oct 3, that is.)

One of my favorite Bible verses is Psalm 34:8, "O taste and see that Lord is good...." And God has truly shown His goodness to me in countless ways everyday. I'm excited to share two of them with you today. First, I have been blessed to live in Croatia, my beloved adopted country for the past 11 years. It's known for its coast, but I love living in the northwestern part surrounded by God's beautiful creation. I am so excited to participate in Moxie Fab World's blog tour and especially because I get to represent Croatia. Though I am originally from the Philippines, I have come to love what I now call home. Isn't it gorgeous?

(Click on the picture for a larger view.)

The other way God has shown goodness to me is by bringing so many instrumental ladies in my life who introduced me to the wonderful world of CARDMAKING. I have been blessed many times over by this craft and I want to bless others with it. I have introduced many of my Croatian and Bosnian friends to this great hobby and they love it, too. That makes me happy :-).

For today's World Cardmaking Day Moxie Fab celebration, I decided to show you a set of cards designed to be given as a gift. Not only do I love cardmaking, but I also love card-sending and card-giving! I still take pleasure in sending messages the old fashioned way, through hand-written notes and cards. My family sends about 300 per year. And because I enjoy it so much, I want to encourage friends and family to do the same. And what better way to do that than giving them their own handmade cards to send to others?

(Please click on the picture to see a larger view. Supplies are listed at the end of this post)

These detailed images are my own illustrations (to be released Oct 1 by GinaK Designs), look great stamped as they are and allow me to make quick, elegant cards. The sentiments were stamped on ivory CS strips. I then cut a slit on each side of the stamped image and inserted the strip through. And here's the packaging for them using a clear plastic box decorated simply with a bow and a tag.

I plan to celebrate WCMD by making more of these note cards with some friends, so I can share my love of cardmaking, card-sending and card-giving with others. So what about you? Here are some ideas:

• Stop by the WCMD website where you can get lots of ideas to celebrate.
• Make cards and upload them on the WCMD gallery and be eligible to win some fabulous prizes on the Papercrafts Connection and Moxie Fab blogs.
• Enter the WCMD contest and you may be published in the March/April 2010 issue of Papercrafts Magazine.
• Visit Moxie Fab World blog everyday this week to get more ideas from cardmakers from all over the world. There are prizes awarded everyday.
• Grab a 25% off coupon code for your entire purchase found in the blogs listed HERE and go shopping in the PaperCrafts online store.
  
• Finally, LEAVE A COMMENT on my blog, on Moxie Fab World and the other participants' blogs today (and everyday for the rest of the week) to be eligible to win some amazing products. International commenters are welcome. Limit one comment per blog please. Comments will close on Oct 4 at midnight and the winners will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Thank you for visiting Croatia and I hope you will experience the beauty of this country in person someday.

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All supplies are from GinaK Designs, unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: All images are from Lord of the Seasons set (to be released October 1st);
The sentiment stamps are from Elegant Post, Many Wishes, Eclectic Summer Sayings sets, "for you" from Stampin' Up!
Papers: Pumpkin Spice, Green Apple, Soft Sand, Chocolate Kiss, Black Onyx, Rocket Red and Stampin' Up! Pink Pirouette, Summer Sun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Stampin' Up Old Olive, Really Rust, Real Red, Cream Pigment
Others: Ribbons by Michael's and Stampin' Up!, buttons by Buttons Galore, Spellbinders Labels 1 die, SU Curly Label punch