Tuesday 17 September 2024

Cacti Bowl and Holiday Photos ~ Warning, Long Post!

A card today made for a crafty friend's birthday.

The image is a Woodware 'Succulent Display' stamp, coloured with Promrkers.  I used Lisa Horton's 'Scalloped Layered Squares' dies for matting and layering.  The sentiment is a Woodware stamp and I used a die from the Memory Box 'Stitched Country Borders' set for the scalloped border.

I am joining in the following challenges:


If you have read this far, as promised in a previous post, here are just a few of my recent holiday photos.

We started our holiday with a few days in Hamburg in Germany.
Then we caught the sleeper train to Innsbruck, Austria, which was quite an experience!

This was my bed for the night!

We arrived at our destination for two weeks in beautiful Seefeld, Austria.  Our self-catering accommodation was on top floor........


...... and we woke up to this view every morning from our balcony.

One of the local churches.

A trip by chair lift to the top of the mountain overlooking the town.

Wonderful weather for most of the holiday, with so many lakes and mountains to visit.

A short train ride over the border into Mittenwald, Germany for the day.

Mittenwald

Finally, onto Vienna for our last few days.
The Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.


A trip to Vienna wouldn't have been complete without sampling the famous Sachertorte.


So sad to hear in the news about all the flooding this week in places we visited only a couple of weeks ago.





18 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cacti card, so fresh looking with the colours. The photos look like it was an amazing holiday. Thank you for joining us at We Love Stamping. Emma

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  2. Lovely succulents card and your vacation pix look fabulous but, as you say, so sad about the floods to such beautiful locations

    Kathyk

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  3. Super cactus card and it was lovely to see the beautiful pics from your recent holiday

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  4. A lovely clean fresh design. Fabulous photos looks amazing, especially the Sachertorte!

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  5. A beautiful card Liz and the photos are wonderful. Looks as if you had a great holiday! Quite an experience on the sleeper train, the scenery, city (and cake ) just fabulous! It is awful to think of the devastation caused by the floods, seems to be getting worse year on year.
    xx

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  6. A gorgeous card featuring the cacti, beautiful photographs of your holiday

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  7. Back to say thank you for sharing another of your beautiful cards at Stamping Sensations.
    Chris
    x

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  8. Such a lovely prickerly creation Liz, thank you for sharing your lovely hols photos with us, I am trying not to be jealous!! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at We Love Stamping.
    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  9. Your cactus bowl is just beautiful. Wish my real ones looked as good. What a wonderful holiday, thanks for sharing the photos and thanks for your best wishes too. I am feeling brighter today. Lovely to see your cactus bowl in the we love stamping gallery too xx

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  10. This bowl full of cacti is so pretty Liz and I love the stitched scallop square to layer it onto and the scallop border along the bottom in that wonderful blue, and a lovely large birthday sentiment to finish..a beautiful card. Wow, what a super holiday you had and the weather looked so good with a city break in Hamburg, and then the great scenery around Seefeld, and of course lovely Vienna...that Sachertorte looks mouthwatering! Dreadful flooding too since you were there..so horrid. x

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  11. Lovely card Liz.
    And lovely pics! Thanks for sharing. x

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  12. It's beautifully done Liz and great photos, yes you had to try that tort, one of the best from memory. Many thanks for sharing at Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping challenges.

    B x

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  13. A cute card for your friend in that delightful little bowl. Beautiful scenery on your trip and I would love to go inside that church. The bed, not so much! Thanks for sharing those great photos and taking us along.

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  14. Love the cactus birthday card.
    Thanks for sharing photo's of your trip. Looks wonderful. xxx

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  15. Fab and funky cactus birthday card, and some fabulous holiday photos .. looks like a great place to visit xx

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  16. Great woodware image and beautifully colored. So happy and cheerful. I just met a coworker this week from Austria. What wonderful photos you took on your trip. Thank you for sharing.

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  17. I love the cactus and the bowl, a lovely mix of colours. A super card Liz. As for your holiday? What wonderful experiences you have had in beautiful scenery and countries. x

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  18. That's a pretty card Liz. Thank you for sharing your holiday snaps, it looks like a wonderful place to visit xx

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