It is Fathers' Day tomorrow, so I made this card for my Dad - who is a car enthusiast - although the word "enthusiast" doesn't really go far enough! ;)
By the way, the red banner looks crooked in the photo, but it isn't, I promise - I used my T-square ruler and everything - the tilted banner just makes it look crooked!!
Hapyy Fathers' Day to all the wonderful fathers in my life :)
Saturday 31 August 2013
Hello again, Sky blossom!
Back in February last year, I was desolate about the discontinuation of one of my favourite patterned papers from Cristina Re, Sky Blossom. I actually ordered some over the internet (can't remember the name of the shop), but they contacted me to say, nope, the computer had made a mistake and they didn't actually have any. Bugger. I searched high and low for months, but could not find any shops that still had some.
Until today!
I went to the Paperific show with my lovely friends, Stella and Debbie (and met some new lovely friends during the day!), and there was a teeny tiny stand called The Ruby Cat - they had some old stock, amongst which I found 12 whole sheets of Sky Blossom!! Needless to say, I bought them all :)
Here is the last card I made with Sky blossom in February last year:
I will have to make sure I actually use my new stash, because I am tempted to just keep it in a locked cupboard, and take it out once in a while to admire it and call it my precious!! LOL!!
Thank you to the people at The Ruby Cat - you made my day!!
Until today!
I went to the Paperific show with my lovely friends, Stella and Debbie (and met some new lovely friends during the day!), and there was a teeny tiny stand called The Ruby Cat - they had some old stock, amongst which I found 12 whole sheets of Sky Blossom!! Needless to say, I bought them all :)
Here is the last card I made with Sky blossom in February last year:
I will have to make sure I actually use my new stash, because I am tempted to just keep it in a locked cupboard, and take it out once in a while to admire it and call it my precious!! LOL!!
Thank you to the people at The Ruby Cat - you made my day!!
Are we there yet?
After making a few baby cards recently, a couple for a few babies who were a little overdue, my dad said I should make a baby card saying, "are we there
yet?" So I did!
Saturday 24 August 2013
Background stamps for A Blog Named Hero
Hi, all! Please check out my post at A Blog Named Hero today - all about how to use a background stamp in a few different ways.
Here's a sneak peek:
Here's a sneak peek:
Sunday 18 August 2013
A lovely afternoon
Just over a month ago, I went to my friend Stella's place for an AMAZING lunch/afternoon tea. Stella loves all things pretty and shabby-chic, she loves cupcakes, and she loves papercrafting, so we get along like a house on fire!
These are a couple of pics of the table she set for our tea (please excuse the picture quality - taken on my phone) -
The tea was to celebrate 2 birthdays - mine and Debbie's (another lovely papercrafting lady) - hence the candles on the cupcakes.
Stella, Debbie and I decided that we would all make either a scrapbook page or a card based on the photo on the left - so this is what I came up with:
The stamps are from Stampin' Up - I thought the sentiment was very appropriate: "if you are what you eat, eat something cute!"
I hope you have a lovely day - thanks for visiting :)
These are a couple of pics of the table she set for our tea (please excuse the picture quality - taken on my phone) -
The tea was to celebrate 2 birthdays - mine and Debbie's (another lovely papercrafting lady) - hence the candles on the cupcakes.
Stella, Debbie and I decided that we would all make either a scrapbook page or a card based on the photo on the left - so this is what I came up with:
The stamps are from Stampin' Up - I thought the sentiment was very appropriate: "if you are what you eat, eat something cute!"
I hope you have a lovely day - thanks for visiting :)
Saturday 17 August 2013
Happy birthday, Paul!
It was my brother-in-law Paul's birthday this week, and this is the card I made for him:
Thanks for visiting :)
Thanks for visiting :)
Friday 2 August 2013
Kraft, twine, buttons and CAS
I've been wanting to play along with CAS of Sunday's challenge "Krafty Twinery" all week, but I only managed to get around to it tonight. I also saw CASual Friday's new challenge, "Buttons", and decided to combine the two.
I just love these vintage style buttons from Stampin' Up - I'll have to get more of those! Are you a button-hoarder like me?
Hope you're having a lovely day, and that you remember to smile ;)
I just love these vintage style buttons from Stampin' Up - I'll have to get more of those! Are you a button-hoarder like me?
Hope you're having a lovely day, and that you remember to smile ;)
Reduce, reuse, recycle!
The challenge at A Blog Named Hero today is to recycle - to reuse
something that has already been used (other than normal cardmaking
supplies)! It was my birthday last month, and a friend of mine gave me a
lovely scarf wrapped in white paper, with a piece of wrapping paper in a
band around it, and some pink ribbon tied in a bow - it was too pretty
to throw away, so this is what I came up with:
This was what I started with (except it was a longer piece of ribbon)
I would have had to iron the ribbon to use it, as it was quite wrinkled in places, but getting the iron out just for a piece of ribbon seemed excessive, and remembering to iron the ribbon when I had the iron out for something else requires a level of memory that I don't seem to have anymore, so I thought I'd see if I could make a rose out of the ribbon:
I think I need some practice doing this - I ended up with entirely too much hot glue on my fingernails! Have you ever made ribbon roses? I really enjoy making my own flowers for cards, and have tried a few techniques (I did a photo tutorial for a different type of ribbon flower a couple of years ago - you can find it HERE) - what's your favourite way to handmake your own flowers?
I didn't have a piece of pink cardstock to match the ribbon, so I swiped some white cardstock with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. The sentiment is from HA Birthday Sayings.
I hope you find something to recycle into a card for our challenge - as always, there's a voucher from our incredibly generous sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!
This was what I started with (except it was a longer piece of ribbon)
I would have had to iron the ribbon to use it, as it was quite wrinkled in places, but getting the iron out just for a piece of ribbon seemed excessive, and remembering to iron the ribbon when I had the iron out for something else requires a level of memory that I don't seem to have anymore, so I thought I'd see if I could make a rose out of the ribbon:
I think I need some practice doing this - I ended up with entirely too much hot glue on my fingernails! Have you ever made ribbon roses? I really enjoy making my own flowers for cards, and have tried a few techniques (I did a photo tutorial for a different type of ribbon flower a couple of years ago - you can find it HERE) - what's your favourite way to handmake your own flowers?
I didn't have a piece of pink cardstock to match the ribbon, so I swiped some white cardstock with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. The sentiment is from HA Birthday Sayings.
I hope you find something to recycle into a card for our challenge - as always, there's a voucher from our incredibly generous sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!
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