Colorful greeting cards

I made several greeting cards 

over the last few weeks.

I love this colorful set

My camera work is not the greatest, 

I really should look into it more...

Also! I got the inspiration for these cards

from CraftyRia. I love her youtube channel

Christmas in July!

Ready for some Christmas cards? 

These adorable images came with a magazine,

some of the background papers as well. 

My friends better like cats...

3D kitties

Two tags I made with scraps, to make me feel better

about creating even more scraps...

A monastery, a church and a castle

Three cards this time,

with some of my favorite themes on cards.

The first one is from

Portugal

A view on the "Capelas Imperfeitas"

of the Batalha Monastery

Northern Ireland 

The Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer and 

the Medieval High Cross in Dromore

Italy

Miramare Castle in Trieste

I was surprised to learn there is a small connection

between Belgium (my home country) and this 

castle. I love history. 

Seven days of friendship

A little over a week ago I received this big envelope in the mail

 My friend Suzanne put a 

"7 days of friendship" package together for me!  

 Next to these cute cat pictures 

and sticker sheet plus pen...

 She included seven handmade envelopes

Every envelope included a bag of tea (and one coffee),

those are obviously gone...

Day one

letter

Day two

paper to use for card making and a charm

Day three

letter and a cute hedgehog

 Day four

clear stamp

 Day five

letter

Day six

little giftbag, facial mask, stickers

 Day seven

letter and notebook

I don't think my photos do the effort she put in this

package justice. I did use my canon camera to take

pictures, but the camera is only as good as the one holding it...

Thank you Suzanne for this wonderful week of mail!

I will definitely put everything to good use. 

Received a new country in my mailbox

I always feel lucky when people think of me

when they are on vacation and 

send me a card. All cards in this post were kindly

send to me from holiday destinations.

This time I was extra lucky because I got a card from...

Armenia

It was the first time I got a card from this country

Austria

Vienna City Hall

Spain, Canary Islands

El Hierro

Going here and there by snail mail

I am really behind on posting all the wonderful

postcards I received, so here is a selection.

 Belgium

A view on the Vismarkt and

the St. Rumbold's Cathedral

Sri Lanka

Gal Vihara, shown on the card are 

the standing and reclining images of Buddha.

And last but not least, 

some beautiful illustrations from Seattle, USA

Cityscape

The Space Needle

Travelling into the history of Italy

I would like to show you some nice cards from Italy

in this post

Pineto

The Tower of Cerrano (Torre di Cerrano) is 2 kilometres from the town centre, at the town's southern border with Silvi Marina. It was built in the 16th century by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V as a watch tower to guard against attacks from the Turks and others based in what is now Croatia, 100 km (62 miles) across the Adriatic. Today, the tower houses a modern sea-biology laboratory. 

Abruzzo

We get a multi view on the castles of the Abruzzo region

From left to right, top to bottom:

Ortucchio, Torre di Beffi, Castello aragonese, Castello di Salle,

Castello Caldora, Rocca Calascio, Castello di Roccascalegna,

Castello Caldoresco, Castello Piccolomini (Celano), Castello ducale di Crecchio, Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano)

 Rome

The St. Peter's Basilica, Pantheon and Colosseum

don't really need any introduction, I believe

Recycled Christmas cards and using up scraps

This year I am going to try to recycle 

old Christmas cards. 

You might recognise the card you sent me,

please do not think I didn't appreciate it,

because I did and I do! 

This card had a big rectangular shape, I turned it into 

a square, repositioned the sentiment and

covered up/replaced the original wording

The next two cards were made from the same 

store bought Christmas card. 

This card refused to get its picture taken properly...

The previous card fits in with two of my goals, 

recycling cards and using up my scraps. 

The cards you will see next are made with scraps, 

I think they turned out pretty well.  

What do you think?