Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Find Your Happy Every Day

It has been almost a month since my last post but I have a really good excuse - I've been travelling for  the last 3 1/2 weeks with my husband. 

 We spent the first three weeks of our vacation in Tanzania (amazing! loved it!). The first week, we climbed Mount Kilimanjaro - quite literally the toughest physical challenge that I have ever done due to the altitude sickness I experienced. We spent the second week on safari in Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater national parks - amazing animal sightings, including a lioness and her two 3-week old cubs that crossed the road right in front of our truck! We spent the third week on Zanzibar relaxing in Stone Town and on the white-sand beaches of a resort - very much needed after the excitement of the first two weeks! Finally, we broke up our 20 hour journey home with a 4 day layover in Amsterdam since I have never seen the city. It was a lot of fun - museums, shopping and restaurants...

 We got back on Saturday evening, and I broke out my card making supplied on Sunday morning. I did take a quick browse around Blogland before I started, and I noticed that the keyword this week from Addicted to CAS is WORLD - I thought that this was the perfect challenge for a recently-returned traveler and this is what I came up with (sorry for the terrible lighting on the picture):


I stamped the world heart (from Unity Stamps) in SSS Fossil ink, and then I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the panel. I then also cut a stitched circle hole in the panel and I silver heat-embossed the greeting (from SSS Happy Every Day). I made the card base from brown shimmer cardstock, and I white heat-embossed the wood grain heart (also from Unity Stamps). I applied lots of X-mas red Stickles to the inside of the heart and then added the panel with foam tape to the card front. 

 I will link this card to Addicted to CAS challenge:
And also to the Fusion Card Challenge where I was inspired by the sketch:



 In the next few weeks, I will share a few of my vacation highlight pictures on my blog -  I just need a little bit of time to work through the 1000 images I have!

 Thanks for stopping by!
Jill
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7 comments:

  1. sandie20 January 2015 at 12:00

    Your holiday sounds like a dream! And this is the perfect card after the hols. Great take on the sketch and really fabulous design x

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  2. Vicki Dutcher22 January 2015 at 19:58

    Fun use of the heart shape with the map! Thanks for joining in at ATCAS!

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  3. Michelle24 January 2015 at 18:37

    That holiday sounds AMAZING! I haven't been anywhere in Africa yet, but it sounds like fun! Your card is gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Fusion!

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  4. Julia Aston24 January 2015 at 22:30

    Sounds like a wonderful trip! My DH and I did a similar one many years ago - but in Kenya - best vacation of my life! Love that world stamp! a true stamper - jumping right back in before you're fully unpacked!! Thanks for joining us in ATCAS and also Fusion!

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  5. Fiona25 January 2015 at 11:50

    Very clever card idea Jill. Your holiday sounds fabulous, I've been to Africa several times but not Zanzibar...I'd love to visit there. You must be exhausted after a whistle stop trip to Amsterdam and the flight home.

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  6. Deepti26 January 2015 at 15:36

    I love the way u used the map by creating a heart :) gorgeous card. Thank you for sharing with ATCAS :)

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  7. Kelly Griglione27 January 2015 at 19:15

    Woah, that's some trip you had! An adventure-seeker's dream! Love the image on your card too of the world in a heart. Such a great design! Thanks so much for joining the Fusion Challenge!

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