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!

DIY

Over the years I have had many light boxes, none of them have lasted very long; some have simply been dangerous (burn marks on my cutting mat to remind me).
This Christmas we received a lovely boxed wine set and as soon as I saw the box, the crafter in me said “don’t get rid of the box, I can use it”, much to the amusement of my DH.

I emptied the box (no, we haven’t drunk the wine yet!) and gave the edges a quick sand.

I added some felt feet to the bottom, to stop it scratching the table . . . .

. . . . . . added some LED lights and  now I have a new light box!

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)

Sax time!

As my regular readers know, I am a keen saxophonist.  I needed a Christmas cracker gift (as I make our Christmas crackers too!) and decided to make these:

Two tiny sax card charms and some earring wires and the job was done

A new skill

My late Mum was a fantastic knitter and crocheter.  Years ago she managed to teach me to knit but never managed to teach me to crochet, the fault being mine, as the instructions were about as understandable as a foreign language.

In 2014, I decided to teach myself to crochet and had varying degrees of success.  I managed to crochet a few silver roses for our 25th anniversary, a shawl (that I am not ashamed to wear) and some granny squares.

I decided I wanted to crochet a snowflake table runner for our Christmas table.  After a few false starts, some patience, I finally managed to complete my aim and I am proud to say, it looked good on the dinner table.

Christmas Birthday

A dear friend of ours celebrates his birthday on Christmas day.  I always try and make his birthday card a bit more special, so that it doesn’t get lost in the Christmas cards!

. . . . and cards for our close friends

The theme for this year’s Christmas cards was . . . .  snowflakes.

All the cards had the same components:  metallic card blank; Snowflakes (Sizzix Frame, Snowflake #657906), crystal gems and a seasonal backing paper.

    

Christmas cards for my nearest & dearest

Christmas Gifts

I had a lot of “nice” coffee jars that were just too good to throw away.  I didn’t really know what to do with them then I hit on the idea of snowmen sweet jars.  This soon formed into the idea that I could make them for Christmas gifts, with different fillings & colours for friends, making a really personal gift.

Material assembled, ready to make a start.

Hats and scarves were knitted, pom-poms for buttons and snowflakes (Sizzix Sizzlit Seasonal set #654374 and Sizzix Frame, Snowflake #657906) were cut from self adhesive paper to decorate the jars. 


The jars were filled with scented tea lights, sweets and even dog treats (for a friend's dog)

First post of 2015

 

Wishing all our readers a very happy & healthy 2015!

Season’s Greetings

Wishing all our readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year

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.

 

Lest We Forget

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.

Fabulous Four!

I needed to make a card for a fabulous 4 year old, who is a huge football fan.

I hand cut the 4 from a white card blank and from red metallic paper.  The stamp is one of my old favourites, stamped onto white card and coloured with promarkers.

Flower Birthday

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

Wedding time

A simple but effective card for our friend’s son that recently married.