With love

One of my favourite techniques – Pergamano.

This was made for friends to let  them know we cared.

Another for the 60 club

A dear friend of ours celebrated his 60th birthday on Christmas day.  We have enjoyed numerous high teas together, over the years, for DH’s birthday, my birthday and for our friend and his wife’s birthday - any excuse really to have a get together.
I saw this design in my Parchment Craft magazine and thought it was perfect.  I modified it a bit, so that I could use the little wooden teapots.

I did it again - twice

I enjoyed making the guitar card so much (see previous post), that I decided to make it again – twice:  one for another guitar loving friend and one for a bass man.

Guitar time

I needed a guitar themed card for my guitar loving friend.

Based on an image I had seen on the web,  using fineliners, I drew the basics of a guitar outline on a piece of parchment.  I then just had fun, adding swirls where I fancied.  I trimmed the parchment to size, allowing enough space to complete the lace border.  On another piece of parchment, I made two more lace borders (using the semi-square tool and then snipped with parchment scissors).  I layered the borders and secured the corners with brads.  A little “Happy Birthday” ribbon completed the design.  This was then mounted onto a 15cm square card blank, which I had part embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder – #37-1604.

Parchment Cat

The “purr-fect” card for a cat lover,  Based on a design from Parchment Craft magazine.  It made a nice change to be working with parchment again (I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed “parching”) and I was extremely pleased with the results. 

Thank you time again – part 2

    
I made 2 of these dancing shoes.  The shoe was a Christmas decoration but it is sparkly enough to be a dancing shoe.  The flowers are made from vellum using the following Sizzix Thinlits:  Fuchsia (#658858), Rose & Rose Bud (#658411).
The lion was made from a kit, the mug & hat were shop bought.  The letters on the lion’s paws were cut from felt using a Joy Crafts die – alphabet & numbers (#6002/0139)

For my Valentine

Theme:  another owl, more parchment.
This design is from my Parchment Craft magazine, adapted to suit my card blank and a few additional embellishments.  I am pleased to say that DH loved it!

Birthday and anniversary time

A dear friend of mine celebrates her birthday and wedding anniversary on the same day – how lovely!
For her birthday card I chose fuchsias as the theme, as her husband grows such beautiful fuchsias every year in their garden.  I found the design in my Parchment Craft magazine and had a great time making the card, adding my own twist to the design as I went along.
I have a bit of a “thing” about owls at the moment and couldn’t resist making these two for our friends’ anniversary card.  I embossed the card blank with the Sizzix Hearts from the Valentine and Borders Set (#657490)

Heart washi tape and silver peel off greeting completed the design.

First

First birthdays are always special.


A digi stamp, coloured with Promarkers, computer greeting on a parchment circle and this happy lion was ready to wish the birthday boy a happy birthday!

With love

I needed a card for someone who was facing a difficult operation just before Christmas (what timing eh?)

I wanted to let them know that they were in our hearts and that we were thinking of them without using “get well soon” .  I came up with simply, “with love” .

I have made other variations of this card and I enjoy making it so much.  It always amazes me, that each time I make it, that it is always so different.

PS.  The operation went well (thank goodness)

Christmas cards for my nearest & dearest

Christmas is almost here . . .

Christmas preparations are well under way (just as they should be).  This year we have been lucky enough to have two babies who are celebrating their first Christmas – how exciting!

I took a “1st Christmas Bauble” and personalised it with baby’s name and the year.

Of course, Baby’s 1st Christmas cards had to be made.  Whilst both cards look the same, they are both different, making each unique – perfect.

         

So nice to do . . . .

so I did it again.

I so enjoyed making the Art Nouveau style card for my friend, that I decided to make it again for my cousin.   Same techniques, just a different letter.

 

Thinking of you

I wanted to let friends know that I was thinking of them.  I wanted a cheerful (in an understated way) card.  I chose my colours carefully and was pleased with the result.

Flower Birthday

I love making flowers from parchment paper.  This design was from an old copy of Pergamano magazine.

Friends

My friend (a colleague of DH), has got a new job.  We’re so pleased for her and of course I wanted to make her a card.
I went with an unusual design for a new job card but nonetheless, I think it works quite well.
It’s based on Art Nouveau, with a parchment letter, mounted on a Swiss dot embossed card blank and some wonderful black loopy adhesive tape, to complete the design.

Birthday Poppies

I love poppies, have a garden full of them and even have a cat named Poppy!

I needed to make a card for my favourite aunty for her birthday and was delighted to see in the October issue of Parchment craft, a card with a poppy design.

I really enjoyed making this card and thought the little 3d butterfly was soo cute.  I added the happy birthday ribbon, I don’t usually use black for this, but I thought it would bring out the middles of the poppies.

Parchment anniversary

Friends of mine celebrated their anniversary, the day before they came to NL to celebrate our anniversary.  I wanted to make another parchment card (I did tell you that I like working with parchment).  I found the basis for the design in one of my craft magazines, changed it to what I wanted and this is what the finished card looked like.

The addition of the washi tape along the top completed the card.

Butterfly birthday

My friend loves butterflies, so I made her a butterfly card.

I love working with parchment, but it is always a worry towards the end of the design – one mistake and the card needs a clever cover-up or it’s a scrapper.  I’m pleased to say, that this one was fine and my friend loved it.  The happy birthday is the same as the previous post (Sizzlits Die Set 3PK - Card Phrases Set #3  - 657524)

Our anniversary

Last year we celebrated our 24th anniversary (where have all the years gone!)  I wanted to make an unusual card for DH.  Once again, using my new found Pergamano knowledge, I came up with this card.