Chanel Newspaper Card

This card is A5 size and is made using white linen effect card.

Another of my newspaper cards, the brief was pink, girlie and Chanel and I think I nailed it!  It’s hard to see from the picture, but after I was given the photo, I superimposed  lots of Chanel bags to it to give the illusion of a mega shopping spree.  The Chanel bags at the front  are made using a simple decoupage layer and then are covered with Ranger Glossy Accents.

Gardening Card

This card measures 4.5ins x 4.5ins and is made using ribbed Kraft card.

I have a huge box of buttons left over from the days of Alan and Barry on Create and Craft and I am slowly working my way the themed ones, hence this gardening card.  Nothing fancy just a Stampin’Up paper where the text actually is about plants, which I never realised until I looked more closely and is a nice unexpected touch. The sentiment on the front  is  handwritten by me and stuck down with foam backed pads for more definition.

Decopatch - Papier Mache Suitcase

I’ll be honest …. in a way,  I prefer these suitcases naked and unadorned!

For this first case I’ve used Decopatch Paper No. 497 with the larger of the papier mache suitcases (measurements 4.5 x 11 x 7.5cm & 5 x 14 x 10cm) which cost between £3.00 - £4.00 depending where you buy them.  The straps were a bit of a fiddle fart … as I didn’t want to cover them only to find they would no longer fit in the fastenings!

If I can find some nice gold corners, I might experiment with them, I know it’s got a few gems but I think it could do with something else.

I’m going to put this away and use it when I need a small gift box.

This is more my style, (Plain Jane) I’ve just gone over it a couple of times with a brown Promarker.

This one is staying on my desk!

Small Easter Bunny Wreath

This little wreath has been made using up lots of bits I have had for ages, like the Paper Bliss Bunny embellishments, paper flowers from Lakeland (when they had a craft section), a bracelet that I bought in a pack of six for 50p goodness knows when, and a few flat backed pearls.

I’ve also added a bits of punched foliage and flower centres.  It was a little fiddly to get them to balance on the bracelet at first but I got there in the end.

Chocolate Birthday Card

This card is A5 in size, using a blank of white linen effect card.

I made this card for my sister in law, to give to her best friend.  The brief was “chocolate, personalised, with a bit of glitz and glamour” and as I have made several cards for this person before, I knew it had to be something really different.

I have covered the card blank with some gift wrap I got from Cadbury World some years ago, matching it up with purple felt ric rac braid from a Papermania pack, embellished with clear flat backed gems, plus some purple and gold papers for the mat and layering.

It will come as no surprise to you that I have a few boxes of Cadbury miniatures amongst my stash, which were perfect to add to the card, topped off with candle stickers.  The font I have used is called LD Franks Child in size 28. It looks good enough to eat!

Pussycat Card

This card measures 5ins x 5ins, but if I made it again I think I would change it to 4in square instead.

I’ve used puffy pussycat head stickers from Accessorize (£1.75 per pack) and mounted them on small plastic, pastel coloured mosaic squares that I was given a while ago, which were just the  purrfect size for what I wanted!

Dragonfly Tags

These tags were made using children’s covered wooden dominoes and measure 7.5cm x 3.5cm

I was waiting in the queue in Hobbycraft when I spied these wooden dragonfly embellishments sitting amongst the Maltesers …. someone must have left them there after  changing their minds about buying them  just before they got to the checkout … well at 49p for the four I bagged them instead to make these Spring/Easter tags.

A Blast From The Past

This card is A5 in size and is made using white linen effect card.
 

This is a blast from the past …. the original Sizzix Doll Body was one of the first dies I ever bought when you couldn’t move for cards with these characters on!  I made this card for a friends Wedding Anniversary, she has asked me to make her a card every year, always including a bald gentleman in dungarees (her husband!).  I feel I have gone back in time with this card but my lady was thrilled!

FiddleFarting For Two Special Ladies … On A Very Special Day!

Today my mum and sister are in London for the Order of British Empire Service of Dedication at St Paul’s Cathedral for people who have been awarded the MBE. My mum was awarded hers for her work in helping to found and establish Wolverhampton MultiCare

http://www.wolverhampton-multicare.org.uk/

My sister and I were with her when she received it from The Queen and it was a day none of us will EVER forget …….. it was just sooooo magical!

The service is only held once every four years and it has been one of my mums greatest wishes to attend, so my sister Janet has been checking the internet religiously waiting for the Service to be announced so that she could apply on my mothers behalf. Within minutes of this happening forms were filled in and fingers firmly crossed until a letter from Buckingham Palace arrived! Then trains and hotels were booked, and my mum bought a new hat and shoes…… and me? ……I did a bit of crafting!

I made them each a tag and my mum this card (using my Papermania Portobello Road paper pad) and then added a couple of my “royal” teabags for good measure  …..  these have all been secreted away in my sisters suitcase for when they get to their hotel and start to unpack ….

Xx How Kind xX

People are sooooooo kind, sometimes I come home and there is an parcel waiting for me …completely out of the blue, from one of my followers …. I am always totally overwhelmed that I have spookily popped up in someone’s mind and they have taken the time to send me something VERY special and funny,  as has happened this week ……

…… Like Sam who sent me this WONDERFUL pile of little trays, I am so thrilled …. and I know she really had to go ferreting to find them… I haven’t been able to part with the original shelves of curiosities I have  made, but now I can make a few more to give as presents …… and another one for myself to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Thank you Sam soooo much, they will all be treasured, I promise you.

…. And this letter and present made me howl …. it’s from Louise ….

….. it arrived yesterday ….. and made my heart sing …..

How special is this?  I wondered why Louise had asked about the font in the Chat Box!!! I love it.  Most of the Maltesers disappeared during two episodes of Coronation Street last night  (I think it was Michelle who did Frank in!!) A letter will be put in my Smashbook and the poster will be put next to my desk.  THANK YOU so much, I love them all dearly.

Cards Made Using Fizzy Moon Celebrations – 8ins x 8ins Pyramage Pad

I have a confession …….

I never ever thought I would have any pyramage on my blog, it’s just not my thing BUT …. I was browsing the reduced craft items at my local garden centre and picked up a Fizzy Moon Celebrations decoupage pad which had been reduced I ummmed and ahhhhed and then put it back.

Then as I wandered round I thought that for the price of the pad I’d get 24 toppers from it (for 24 cards) which worked out at 25p each …. and the designs would probably go down well in my box at work.

So the pad went into my basket …..

….. It was only when I got home and looked at the pad again that I realised I had picked the wrong one up, they looked so similar, but  had in fact bought the pyramage one!  Aggghhhh

So I shoved it in the back of my cupboard, very cross with myself …. for not having paid enough attention to what I was doing.

Then the pad started niggling at me because I knew if I left it there it would stay there forever and I would have wasted my money ……. so I took a deep breath and made them all up, and now time will tell if they go!

I’ve used Creative Paper Strips in Gingham and Dots from Handy Hippo for the backgrounds.

http://www.handyhippo.co.uk/s253-1-paper-pads-and-packs.html

Fishing Card For A 21st Birthday

This card is a A5 in size and is made using white linen effect card.

A newspaper card today, nothing too fancy.  Sometimes, if I need to put quite a lot of text into the “headline” I mix and match the size of the font slightly to get it all to fit in and to add a bit of extra interest.

The fisherman came off a bought card, it was too good to waste and I knew one day it would come in useful, and for this card it was perfect. I love the clipart worms …. it’s amazing how just a pair of wibbly wobbly eyes can create such a cute little character!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts - Tags

These tags measure 2.75ins x 3.5ins

I did a batch of blank Union Flag tags using Emma Bridgewater gift wrap paper, because I knew as time went on I would have a few more ideas for different tags to go along with the Diamond Jubilee theme. 

For these I’ve used my old fashioned Dymo label maker for the wording and then added small silver star charms for extra bling.  So cute!

Ruby Wedding Anniversary Card

This card is A5 in size and is made using ivory linen effect card and I can’t believe how hard it was to get a decent photo of.

This is another version of a  card I have done several times before, this time to celebrate a Ruby Wedding Anniversary.  The font I have used is Papyrus, font size 16.

Although it doesn’t show in the pictures the matting and the main part of the punched flowers are made using a lovely shimmery, almost iridescent  wine coloured card. A few yellow and clear flat backed gems of various sizes finish off the design.

Tiny Weenie Shelves of Curiosity

I’ve made another little set of shelves full of tiny bits and pieces.

It’s a packing box for some crafty embellishments long since used up and  measures 7ins x 3ins, with each compartment measuring 1.5ins x 1in which I have lined with assorted scraps from my Papermania Portobello Road paper pad.

Filling each section was just heaven to do, going through all my boxes looking for lost treasures, to finally bring them to life.

I can remember where each tiny piece came from and/or who gave me them, so everything is special.

I think my favourite section is the one with the baking tray.

Closely followed by the fish bowl and tiny spider.

I found the more I got absorbed in the project, the more detail I wanted to put in, but too much and the whole effect would be spoiled. I now feel like the Duchess of Tiny Weenie Things!

Guest Crafter - Ellie

My little friend Ellie has been doing some more “making” and I promised she could be my Guest Crafter again …… this is her gorgeous sock owl …. and again I tried to persuade her that he would look brilliant sat permanently on my desk ….. but she was having none of it!!

Easter Rabbit Tags

The base of these tags have been made using children’s wooden dominoes with the holes being made using a PowerCraft hobby drill.

I bought these wooden rabbit embellishments last year and never used them, so I am determined that they will be used this year.  I think I will be putting the tags on bags of Easter sweets, but deliberately didn’t write Happy Easter on them, just in case they didn’t go and leaving me free to use them on something else instead.

Mini Easter Jars

Well … I though I had used up all but six of my mini kilner jars that I had stashed away, BUT when searching for something completely different I found another two boxes, one of ten and the other of six …. what am I like?

But with Easter approaching it was quite a fortuitous find!

I set about making some double sided punched tags, with a bit of doodling and using some metal chicken embellishments Marc had sent me on one side and  some felt flowers from Michaels sent to me from Dianne in Florida.

They didn’t take long at all and I attached the to the jars through the metal fixings.

I got the Ashleys Mini Mini eggs from The Range and Poundshop.  In The Range they were 79p a bag …. I leave you to work out how much they were in the Poundshop!!  There were enough eggs in each bag to fill two jars.