Today is Waitangi Day in New Zealand, our national day. To celebrate, here is another in my maori series. This is hei matau, a stylized maori fish hook, which symbolises strength and safe travel across water. Usually they are carved in bone or pounamu (greenstone) as a pendant.Die: Craft Creations
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ReplyDeleteThis is stunning and I love the thought process behind it Carol, never seen anything like it before so its nice to learn about it, would love to see the flowers at Christmas, must be gorgeous.x
ReplyDeleteOH WOW ... what a cool creation Carol! Interesting details you've shared! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘Use the color RED’ challenge at Dies R Us. Good Luck and please come back again soon!
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Beautiful Card Carol and love the meaning behind it
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Wonderful traditional card. Love the themed embossing too! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafting from the Heart challenges.
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What a great card! So glad you linked up to the DRU challenge using the color RED. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteSo eye-catching and I learned something new too! Thanks for joining us at the PIP Challenge this week! Good luck! kReN@afourthlife.blogspot.com
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