6th August, 2018 Thinking of Christmas.

Hi, All of us crafters start thinking of doing Christmas things in July and August. Myself being no option, I have started mine.  I have done a pretty white on white card topper with a super sparkly poinsettia flower.

The gem in the centre is taken from a strip of diamantes .

Off on my holidays now for a well earned break, take care xxx

31st July 2018 My Grandaughter's Birthday Card.

Hi, I have decided, and if any one is interested to set up and expedition to find out where the time goes.  I started the week off with ' x'  ' y ' and 'z ' to get done.....nothing done as per usual. But never mind as everyday is beautiful. I have my lovely granddaughter's birthday card to show you, already six years old and knows everything !  It is a tri-fold card, bought from my local craftshop, Whichcraft, who do some amazing templates for cards.

                 
               I used an already printed image from The Hobby House with hand made roses.                                                              The card stock was from my stash.

                          Loving these oh so pretty printed images. Thank you for stopping by, xx

19th July 2018,My Second Bow Card.

Hello Good Morning,  This is my second attempt at a bow card. I did find it a bit easier to do. I used some hand made Foamiran flowers for the centre.

The edges of the cardstock were distressed with inks and dried gypsophilia was added to the flowers

Pretty die cut doilies were placed between the bows 

Hope you like it, take care x

4th July 2018,Lots of Pretty Things.

Hi, It is so hot here in the UK, we are so not used to having day after day with this heat. Crafting has been a bit of a no -no at the moment. Here is some of the work that I have done, keeping it fairly simple.

I kind of let the dies do all the work, lots of foliage.

The large flower is made from Foamiran with the edged shaded pale blue with Gelatos

Hope you are all well, thank for taking a peep, xx

21st June, 2018 My First Attempt at a large bow Card.

Hi, This is my very first attempt at making a bow card. Pretty pleased at how it turned out, got a bit carried away with the lace. Started going through my lace box ( pretty big ) and was finding all bits and bobs, so was loving this to be able to use them....hence getting carried away !!  First rule in making this kind of card, be so extra careful cutting out and copying the template and to be honest I did find the making of it quite easy. Hope you like it.

Now you can see how I got carried away with the lace !

View from the side.

Thank you for taking a peep and hope this inspires you to have a go !

xxxx

14th June 2018 A bit of Shabby Chic.

Hi everyone, Hope all is well with you. My fractured foot is coming along very well but getting a little bit of ' cabin fever '  Cannot walk too far, but getting better every day.

It certainly gives me the opportunity to do a bit more craft work and I have been making some pretty Foamiran flowers. Here is some of my work.

The filigree bow is an old die, I think it could be a Sue Wilson one, but it does get a lot of use.

The large circular die is a Cheery Lyn die, again had for a number of years but so very pretty.

Hope you like my flowers, thank you for taking a peep xx

5th June 2018 , A few more cards.

Helle, Good morning, hope all is well with you. I have been doing a few more ' less is more cards ' after receiving some beautiful papers by Alexandra Renke, plus a couple of her dies which only arrived yesterday. Like all crafters, itching to use them.

       

             The peony die cut flower was painted using Brush paints to match the tulip.

This one is again using the Renke papers but decided to do something totally different , a bit of a collage thing going off on this one.

Thank you for taking a peep at my work, always appreciated, have  a wonderful day.